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Check out "The Joint Expeditionary Force's Orbital Flank"
in:
Issue 03 of Orbital Foresight, the geopolitical space intelligence briefing from @AstroAnalytica, the London-based strategic space advisory.

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Now up: "SpaceX's IPO and Geopolitical Risk"

Issue 02 of Orbital Foresight, the geopolitical space intelligence briefing from @AstroAnalytica.

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Today we are launching Orbital Foresight, a space-focused geopolitical intelligence briefing drawing on our research & advisory work here @AstroAnalytica.

ISSUE 01: "Russia stalking ICEYE: a wake-up call for Europe"

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China and Russia aren’t just hiding satellites.
They’re building the ability to act without warning. #SpacePower @AstroAnalytica 8/8

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China and Russia are now testing stealth #satellites, shaping and dimming spacecraft to evade radar and telescopes. https://t.co/pcCj6JXqrW 1/8

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Commercial SDA firms (@LeoLabs_Space, Slingshot) are now strategically essential. The intelligence balance of space is decentralising. 7/8

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@AstroAnalytica Founding Partner, @GElefteriu, featured in @PalantirTech's journal, THE REPUBLIC.
Read Gabriel's article ("And There Was War in Heaven") in full, here:
https://t.co/pembjJSHcs

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✍️🛰️"And There Was War in Heaven" - my new article on space power and the military balance for @PalantirTech's journal, THE REPUBLIC. Published by the Palantir Foundation for Defense Policy and International Affairs https://t.co/utgjhBxW5q. Thank you!

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Reusable launch = economic leverage + diplomatic influence + military advantage.
The country that owns low-cost launch reaps the geopolitical benefits and is the leading space power.
@AstroAnalytica #SpacePower #Geopolitics #Astropolitics 7/7

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#Europe’s #Ariane Next won’t arrive before the 2030s.
#Japan + #India are advancing, but nowhere near U.S. cadence or scale. 5/7

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The #Geopolitics So What?
If the U.S. controls cheap launch, it controls:
- global #satellite broadband networks
- Earth intelligence markets
- strategic supply chains for allied countries. 6/7

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#China still has no operational reusable launcher.
That’s a strategic bottleneck for its #LEO broadband and #ISR ambitions. 4/7

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The U.S. dominates:
@SpaceX rewrote the economics
@blueorigin's New Glenn landed its first booster
@RocketLab is joining the reusable tier. 3/7

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Reusability slashes cost-per-kg and enables megaconstellations.
No reusables? No global telecom dominance. No mass #ISR. No space economy at scale. 2/7

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The real space 'race' isn’t who gets back to the #Moon first.
It’s who can launch cheaply and constantly.
Reusable rockets are the deciding factor. 1/7

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A quiet revolution is underway: #space has become the domain where technology, economics, diplomacy, and military power now intersect.
And the institutions shaping this shift aren’t defence ministries or aerospace primes, they’re universities. 1/15