The money includes $15m towards sending up two new, much more powerful satellites.
  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    My guess is they chipped in so they get access to the US military satellite network for our military usage.

    So that when the navy, army or air force are operating away from our shores they have a reliable way of communicating back home and to our allies.