Space warfare: how the military could be forced to give up GPS and return to navigating by the stars

By Tory Shepherd, Published by The Guardian, 31 May 2024 If satellites get taken out during war, defence forces will need personnel trained to switch from digital back to analog tools What would happen if satellite communications were taken down by enemy action during a war? It’s a question governments

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Radio Astronomers Raise Alarm Bells Over SpaceX’s Cellular Starlink Tech

Satellite Dishes (Defense One) By Michael Kan, Published by PC Magazine, 31 May 2024 Scientists fear cellular satellites from SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile will interfere with and even damage their radio astronomy equipment. SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile are working to bring satellite connectivity to smartphones, but scientists say the technology risks disrupting

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Artist's illustration of NASA astronauts near the moon's south pole, a region thought to be rich in water ice, a key resource that could help humanity extend its footprint out into the solar system. (Image credit: NASA)

The rush to return humans to the Moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for astronomy

Artist's illustration of NASA astronauts near the moon's south pole, a region thought to be rich in water ice. (Image credit: NASA) By Martin Elvis, Published by The Conversation, 30 May 2024 The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several of them have crashed or toppled over. With all the

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Russia Muting Musk’s Starlink Satellites Using Sophisticated Electronic Warfare Tools

Principles of operation of the Borshchevik, showing its capabilities in an urban environment (right) By Ilya Tsukanov, Published by Sputnik International, 24 May 2024 The Russian military possesses perhaps the most comprehensive, multilayered and multi-domain electronic warfare capabilities in the world, using an array of short, medium, long and ultra-long

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