The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits Credit: Cheney Orr/Reuters

US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”

By Jon Brodkin, Published by Ars technica, 14 November 2025 It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries. Image of a Starshield satellite from SpaceX's website. Credit: SpaceX About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending

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‘Shockingly large’ amount of sensitive satellite communications are unencrypted and vulnerable to interception, researchers find

The Defense Innovation Unit's hybrid space architecture project is to link multiple ground communications systems with diverse satellite networks. Credit: DIU By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 10 November 2025 "It was quite shocking to us." Cybersecurity researchers have intercepted vast quantities of private voice calls and text messages, including

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Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it

Space domain awareness is critical for the military's flexibility and responsiveness in space. Image generated via DALL-E. By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active

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A visualization of satellites and space debris around Earth. (Image credit: NASA)

China reached out to NASA to avoid a potential satellite collision in 1st-of-its-kind space cooperation

A visualization of satellites and space debris around Earth. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 6 November 2025 Rare outreach from China's space agency marks a breakthrough in global space traffic management. China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between

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GPS 3F satellite artist rendition. Credit: Lockheed Martin

Report: Pentagon Can’t Forget About PNT for Golden Dome

GPS 3F satellite artist rendition. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 November 2025 The Pentagon should establish a dedicated budget to support its Golden Dome missile defense shield’s positioning, navigation, and timing needs and assign a PNT lead to coordinate needed improvements to

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