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satellites to achieve this mobility without the complexity of traditional fuel systems.
The stability of solid metal propellant also has benefits on Earth, particularly as Defence and allied militaries look to highly responsive space launch capabilities to offset ad- versaries’ GPS-jamming and other anti-satellite technolo- gies. Where traditional fuel requires a supply chain and has an expiry date, Neumann Space’s solid metal fuel system would allow banks of ready-to-go small satellites to sit on shelves, awaiting rapid deployment.
DEFENCE LOOKS TO HAVE AN ANTI-SAT IMPACT
Defence appeared to acknowledge that it is looking at soft- kill anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities, following an October 2022 commitment to never conduct destructive, direct as- cent ASAT missile tests.
The commitment, agreed upon with the US, New Zea- land, the UK, Canada, Japan, Germany and South Korea, said that the Australian government “commits to never con- duct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing, consistent with our role as a responsible actor in space.”
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