{"id":154970,"date":"2026-07-22T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154970"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:00:13","slug":"chinas-unique-high-orbit-satellite-is-using-a-rare-metal-the-us-struggles-to-obtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154970","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s unique high-orbit satellite is using a rare metal the US struggles to obtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA satellite that can provide 24\/7 surveillance of a third of the Earth\u2019s surface relies on a rare mineral whose global supply is dominated by China, a new study has disclosed.<br \/>\nThe Ludi Tance-4 01 radar satellite, powered by gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, is the only satellite of its kind.<br \/>\nIt orbits 36,000km (22,000 miles) above the Earth and is able to stay in what is known as a geosynchronous orbit, which keeps it fixed over the same spot.<br \/>\nThis allows it to monitor both large areas of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3361343\/chinas-unique-high-orbit-satellite-using-rare-metal-us-struggles-obtain?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA satellite that can provide 24\/7 surveillance of a third of the Earth\u2019s surface relies on a rare mineral whose global supply is dominated&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154970"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}