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DARPA project uses AI to flag space weapons, spy satellites

Through a DARPA project, Slingshot Aerospace created an AI tool to spot nefarious satellites that could be hiding in large constellations. (Northrop Grumman) By Courtney Albon,Published by Defense News, 5 June 2024 As more governments and commercial companies look to proliferated satellite constellations for increased capacity, some defense experts are

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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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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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Congestion in Earth’s orbit is getting even worse

By Alison Snyder, Published by Axios, 5 May 2024 Earth gained a record number of satellites — nearly 3,000 — last year, adding to the congestion around the planet, according to new data. Why it matters: Crowded orbits and collisions between satellites raise the risk of creating dangerous space debris and making parts of the planet's orbit

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China’s Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report

Shenzhou 17 astronauts perform a spacewalk to fix solar arrays on the Tiangong space station on March 1, 2024. (Image credit: CMSA) By Elizabeth Howell, published by Space.com, 24 April 2024 Astronauts repaired the damage during two spacewalks this winter. China will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after

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