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• Cristina Stassis
The number of satellites launched to provide militaries and defense departments with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from space is expected to increase more than fourfold over the next decade, according to Novaspace, signaling sustained expansion in defense-oriented orbital infrastructure.
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