The End of the Queue: How DARPA’s ASSERT Program Is Shattering the Bottleneck in Space Electronics Testing

Introduction: The Invisible Vulnerability in the Space Economy Modern civilization increasingly depends on space-based infrastructure. Military communications, missile warning systems, GPS navigation, climate monitoring, intelligence collection, financial synchronization, autonomous weapons coordination, and global internet connectivity all rely on satellites operating in one of the harshest environments known to engineering: space radiation. Beyond Earth’s atmosphere, electronics…