Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network
The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System (GPS) nearly 50 years ago, critical infrastructure to both ...
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Space Force targeting more affordable GPS satellites
The Space Force is targeting $50 to $80 million per satellite — a fraction of the $250 million it costs for just one Lockheed ...
Chinese scientists ‘build real-life Death Star’ that can wipe out enemy’s satellites in orbit in terrifying breakthrough
The needed precision is much greater than the atomic clocks used for GPS satellites. However, Chinese scientists believe they ...
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Astranis to develop resilient GPS satellites for USSF
Astranis has been selected as one of four prime contractors for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command's (SSC) new ...
What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer
There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...
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China develops new satellite-wrecking Death Star-like microwave weapon
Chinese scientists have developed a new Death Star-like microwave weapon that combines multiple beams for precise targeting.
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Russia sends 53 satellites to orbit on record-breaking launch (video)
Russia launched 53 small satellites into orbit on Monday (Nov. 4), a mix of Russian and international spacecraft. A ...
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Researchers Use AI to Enhance Space Weather Forecasting
The PreMevE-MEO was able to observe electrons by utilizing 12 medium-Earth-orbit GPS satellites, and one Los Alamos ...
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Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network
Additionally, as R-GPS satellites will operate in medium Earth orbit, like the current GPS constellation, the Nexus product line marks a widening of where Astranis plans to deploy and operate its ...