Top-secret US spy satellite blasts off amid mystery of what it will do (and why did the US blackout footage of launch?)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2124917/Top-secret-American-spy-satellite-blasts-California–US-blacks-web-broadcast-observers-puzzle-whats-inside.html U.S. cuts off broadcast three minutes after lift-off Secret satellite payload thought to be hi-tech replacement for current radar satellites National Reconnaissance Office will not reveal details of new satellite Experts think new ‘eye in the sky’ can see through clouds and at night By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:03 EST, 4 April 2012 | […]

Formation of high-speed laser-armed ‘fighter’ satellites in development – could they be our best hope against asteroids

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2121162/Could-formation-fighter-satellites-defend-planet-huge-asteroid.html ‘Squadron’ of laser satellites would ‘chip away’ at large asteroid Previous research focused on large craft with equally large lasers Solar-powered satellites would ‘fly in formation’ with deadly space rocks New approach could also help destroy space debris By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 11:37 EST, 27 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:37 EST, 27 March 2012 […]