Jamming that even satellites can hear (‘deaf zones’ over Europe & Asia) – Skylinker

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November 2, 2026

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What’s new: A paper from the Technical University of Denmark about how terrestrial interference with GPS interferes with the operation of other satellites.

Why it’s important: To properly operate, satellites need to know where they (positioning) are and be able to synchronize their transmissions (timing) to get data down to earth. If that location and timing information is denied or corrupted, things don’t work so well.

What else to know: The paper identifies “deaf zones” over which satellites are not able to receive GPS.

Jamming that even satellites can hear

Satellites over Europe are losing GNSS signal to ground-based interference from the war zone, and it has been getting worse since 2024. We explain how and why.

SkyLinker

Oct 30, 2026

Signal officers at the front don’t need telling that GPS works every other time. That it also “coughs” at 700 kilometres up is news. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) went through five years of data from European and commercial satellites and showed that ground-based interference sources in the area of the Russia–Ukraine war are powerful enough to “deafen” satellite navigation receivers over a region thousands of kilometres across. And since 2024 it has been getting worse.

The full paper (in English) is available here. Here is what matters.

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