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Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons

  • Written by William Akoto, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Denver
Two CubeSats, part of a constellation built and operated by Planet Labs Inc. to take images of Earth, were launched from the International Space Station on May 17, 2016.NASA

Last month, SpaceX became the operator of the world’s largest active satellite constellation. As of the end of January, the company had 242 satellites orbiting the planet...

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