US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
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Spy satellites emit surprising signals
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
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 signals in the wrong direction, a satellite researcher found.
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