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Beijing Boosts BeiDou Satellite System To Try And Compete With GPS
Beijing Boosts BeiDou Satellite System To Try And Compete With GPS
China is upgrading its BeiDou satellite navigation system, a domestic alternative to GPS, to expand its global reach and industry use, according to South China Morning Post.
The plan involves replacing older satellites with newer third-generation models and adjusting their orbits to improve worldwide coverage. The system will be streamlined from 50 to 37 active satellites, most operating in medium Earth orbit like GPS and Europe’s Galileo.
A few satellites will remain in specialized orbits to improve signal reliability in certain...
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Mar 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Frozen Market For Homes
The Frozen Market For Homes
Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times,
Mortgage rates on a 30-year loan just hit 7 percent, intensifying problems on the demand side. Mortgages plus insurance—which turns a half-million dollar house into a $1.2 million house plus property taxes—became unaffordable for another class of buyers while already out of reach for most people.
On the supply side, millions of existing homeowners are locked into COVID-era mortgages of 3 percent or lower, which makes them negative in real terms. That’s a great deal unless you sell and...
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May 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Cuban Foreign Minister Says US Is Building 'Fraudulent Case' For Military Action
Cuban Foreign Minister Says US Is Building 'Fraudulent Case' For Military Action
Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on May 17 said the United States is building a “fraudulent case” to justify economic war and eventual military intervention against the Caribbean island nation.
Cuban troops participate in a military parade in honor of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana on Jan. 2, 2017. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
His comments were a direct response to a report by Axios, which...
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Apr 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Artemis II Astronauts Prepare For Re-Entry, Splashdown
Artemis II Astronauts Prepare For Re-Entry, Splashdown
Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times,
When Artemis II crew members wake up at 11:35 a.m. ET on April 9, they will begin their last full day in space and start preparing the cabin for their return home.
NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, continue to fall back to Earth on a free return trajectory aboard their Orion spacecraft, Integrity, targeting a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at about 8:05 p.m. ET on April...
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