X-tar: Over 80 Percent of U.S. Military Capacity Provided by Commercial Satellites

[Satellite News 05-20-09] The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now relies on commercial satellite providers for 80 percent of its total capacity to meet mission requirements, according...

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