The United States suffers from a catastrophic cybersecurity problem with its critical infrastructure – industries which are dependent on satellite communications. A November wargame hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics demonstrated the latest cybersecurity threat in outer space – the ability to turn a software-controlled satellite into a space weapon. In June…

On this episode of On Orbit, we are joined by the second of our two Startup Space 2021 entrepreneur pitch event winners, TMY Technologies (TMYTek) Co-Founder and Vice President Ethan Lin. TMYTek is a millimeter-wave total solution and ground systems provider based in Taiwan. Lin and his team at TMYTek are dedicated to solving millimeter-wave…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is deciding how to incorporate space assets like new multi-orbit constellations of broadband communications satellites into its efforts to protect the country’s vital national infrastructure, officials and executives tell Via Satellite. Space capabilities will be a kind of guinea pig for a new approach to DHS’s mission to protect…

The demand for broadband connectivity has been ever increasing. As of 2020, there were one billion broadband subscriptions including Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), cable, or fiber-optic broadband services. Telecoms have been working to replace low-speed DSL broadband with fiber-optic broadband service. In 2020 alone, there were 42 million fiber-optic broadband net additions. Cable network operators…