Why the Global South needs its own shared space architecture
When dependence on a single system for positioning, navigation, and timing introduces such a significant economic vulnerability, developing contingency plans through a universal, pan-Global South framework appears to be a viable strategy. The deployment of optical fibre technology involves substantially high infrastructure costs per user, which in remote regions of Africa and Southeast Asia may range from $15,000 to $30,000. In such scenarios, a shared ‘orbitally-sustainable’ constellation of low Earth orbit satellites could serve as a cost-effective alternative.
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