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China launches BeiDou-based satellite short messaging service for emergency needs (news.cgtn.com)
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[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Prep for Western signal jamming?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago

Possibly

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago

China and America both have tons of unidentified satellites in orbit already. Really interesting stuff; zombie satellites in the past have been used as access points before. I'm sure they're prepping.