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Space Digest - July 03, 2025







SpaceOps: Pentagon Reevaluating Future Data Transport Layer

by Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department is debating how best to develop the space-based data connectivity backbone of its future force.


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A Crash Course In Comets
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The Deep Impact impactor spacecraft scored a direct hit on Tempel 1 on July 4, (see page 28). The flyby craft took this picture 67 sec. after the strike with its high-resolution camera.
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