Demux'd Thoughts

Where open-source intelligence meets strategic space domain analysis.

The Follower’s Dilemma: The Cost of Chasing China in Space

India need not, cannot, and should not validate competitor metrics through reactive pursuit.

May 25 • Adithya Kothandhapani

The Space-PNT Report #2

Did the December 2025 H3 failure impact Japan's QZSS as bad as NVS-02 did to NavIC?

Apr 4 • Adithya Kothandhapani, Aditya Jhunjhunwala, and Krishi Tiwari

Mars Gets a Network. The Moon Gets a Market.

Why infrastructure reality is colliding with ideology in U.S. space strategy.

Mar 3 • Adithya Kothandhapani

Disposal-as-a-Service: Reading Between the Lines of SDA's $52.5M Starfish Contract

Examining a strategic development in the context of 'The Orbital Servicing Wars' capability framework.

Feb 23 • Adithya Kothandhapani

Designing Demand: How India Can Signal Defense Space Requirements

Without a dedicated force design authority, India generates satellite requirements service-by-service, procurement-by-procurement, crisis-by-crisis …

Feb 8 • Adithya Kothandhapani

The Space-PNT Report #1

India's Navigation Constellation in November 2025: Performance Under Strain.

Nov 21, 2025 • Adithya Kothandhapani, Krishi Tiwari, and Aditya Jhunjhunwala

The Orbital Servicing Wars - Part II: Dissecting Vulnerabilities

How today’s orbital servicing architectures hold up under extended conflict, and what their failure modes reveal about doctrine, deterrence and national…

Aug 7, 2025 • Adithya Kothandhapani

GeeSpace Constellation Rescue Complete: Can They Still Meet 2025 Targets?

Orbital data reveals what press releases don't: a rescue success and timing pressures for constellation completion.

Jul 12, 2025 • Adithya Kothandhapani