China launches satellites that could rival SpaceX’s Starlink in boost to its space ambitions

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China Newsletter exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and its impact on the world. China this week took a major step in its bid to create a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink by launching the first of an expected 14,000 satellites that will provide … Read more

To protect against cyber attacks in space, researchers are asking, “What if?”

If space systems like GPS were hacked and taken offline, much of the world would immediately revert to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity has remained largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have been happening since the 1980s, but the global … Read more

To protect against cyber attacks in space, researchers are asking, “What if?”

If space systems like GPS were hacked and taken offline, much of the world would immediately revert to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity has remained largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have been happening since the 1980s, but the global … Read more