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When the Wire Beats the Wave: How Tethered Drones Defeat Modern Air Defence Architecture
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (249+ words) ...
The $8 Billion GPS Ground System That Never Worked " And the Quiet Decision to Route Around It
3+ week, 1+ day ago (963+ words) The U. S. Space Force has reportedly awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to manage ground control operations for the next generation of GPS satellites, a decision that amounts to an institutional admission: the Pentagon's long-troubled OCX program cannot do the job it…...
Japan's $4. 6 Billion Bet on TSMC's 3nm Chips Is Really a Bet on Alliance-Based Industrial Policy
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (875+ words) TSMC's decision to upgrade its second Kumamoto facility from mid-range chip production to cutting-edge 3nm technology is the clearest signal yet that semiconductor manufacturing is being reorganized around geopolitical alliances rather than market efficiency. What had been positioned as a mature-node…...
UNSW Canberra team advances iodine propulsion for satellites
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1128+ words) These propulsion systems are essential to change orbits, perform end of life de-orbiting, carry out collision avoidance with space debris or other satellites, maintain or adjust altitude, and counteract aerodynamic drag to keep spacecraft on station. Almost all systems in…...
Sateliot books Spanish Miura 5 launch for two next gen Trito satellites in 2027
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (515+ words) Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 - Sateliot and PLD Space have signed a commercial contract for the dedicated launch of Sateliot's first two Trito next generation 5 G direct to device satellites on a Miura 5 rocket in 2027. The agreem Sateliot books Spanish Miura…...
Mohe ground station boosts polar satellite data coverage
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) Developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Mohe facility is the country's highest latitude satellite data receiving station and marks a major step forward in national land observation satellite data reception capability. By…...
Valen array advances multi-mission sensing tech
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (424+ words) Valen combines radar, electronic warfare and communications functions within a single lightweight, compact and affordable array. Its reduced size, weight and power profile is intended to support both integration into newly designed systems and rapid modernization of existing platforms, while…...
Smart Dragon 3 rocket sends seven satellites to orbit from sea platform
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (25+ words) Space Daily Smart Dragon 3 rocket sends seven satellites to orbit from sea platform...
Deep learning model tracks EV battery health with high precision
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (389+ words) The work appears in the journal ENGINEERING Energy and focuses on state of health, a metric that reflects how much usable capacity remains compared to a fresh cell. Conventional approaches often assume steady operating conditions and can struggle when faced…...