A new experimental satellite has exposed how extensively GPS signals are being jammed across Europe and the Middle East. According to Space.com, Xona Space Systems' Pulsar-zero satellite detected GPS signals degrading by up to seventy-five percent in the worst-affected areas — regions where Russian jammers protect against drones and Middle Eastern forces interfere with navigation to disrupt military operations. The impact is serious: it threatens aviation safety, precision agriculture, and the collision-avoidance systems that satellite mega-constellations rely on. Xona's answer is bold — a constellation of three hundred new satellites in low Earth orbit with signal strength one hundred times stronger than GPS, designed to resist current jamming. The company raised one hundred seventy million dollars in funding this spring and expects to start basic service in early twenty twenty-seven, with the first batch of six satellites launching this October. With Xona's constellation live, current jammers would only be able to affect about five percent of their current impact area.

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