Bangladesh, June 30 -- The contest for technological supremacy is no longer confined to artificial intelligence, semiconductors, or quantum computing. Increasingly, it is unfolding hundreds of kilometers above Earth, where satellites have become indispensable instruments of national power. Communications, navigation, military coordination, financial transactions, emergency services, and internet connectivity all depend on orbital infrastructure. In this emerging strategic environment, Russia's Rassvet satellite constellation represents far more than another commercial broadband project-it is a calculated attempt to secure technological independence in an era defined by geopolitical fragmentation.

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