Defense News on MSN3d
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 ...
GPS World13d
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 ...
AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
"Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and ...
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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN4d
US develops super robot mechanic for in-orbit satellite repair challenge
In a significant milestone, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) finalized the development of a spaceflight-qualified ...
Executive Gov7d
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 ...
Space on MSN11d
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 ...
Manufacturers' Monthly13d
Defence scraps Geostationary Earth Orbit satellite
Defence has assessed that a single orbit GEO-based satellite communications system would not meet strategic priorities.