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Nominations Open for Celebrating Women in Satellite 2025
December 02, 2024
Via Satellite is now accepting submissions for Celebrating Women in Satellite 2025. Now in its fourth year, Celebrating Women in Satellite commemorates International Women’s Day by recognizing women who make a difference...
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Lasercom Can Lessen the Strain on RF — But It Could Bring Unintended Consequences
November 26, 2024
As satellite operators raise concerns about radio frequency (RF) congestion, greater use of laser communications in response could have unintended consequences. SpaceX, for example, has warned that its cellular Starlink...
Opinion
How Satellites Helped Uncover a Maritime Militia in the South China Sea
November 25, 2024
About one year ago, the chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force spoke to attendees at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland. General Chance Saltzman described...
Opinion
SSC Commander Garrant Talks Cyber Focus, Integrating Commercial Tech
November 22, 2024
The leader of the U.S. Space Force command focused on buying and operating satellites for the U.S. military told the CyberSat conference this week that he, like many other government...
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LM 400 Satellite to Fly by Middle of 2025 on Firefly Alpha Rocket
November 21, 2024
Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday that its LM 400 satellite is to launch in the first six months of next year on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. The refrigerator-sized LM...
Technology
Tournear: ‘Majority’ of DoD Systems Could Use SDA Acquisition Approach
November 20, 2024
The commercial sector’s employment of firm, fixed price contracts — notably the approach of SpaceX founder and Trump insider Elon Musk — looks to upset the apple cart of DoD...
Government/Military
Evolving Launch and Delivery Infrastructure to Support an Expanding Space Economy
November 20, 2024
In the latest episode in the Future Space Economy series, leaders from Rocket Lab, NASA, and Northrop Grumman explain how launch infrastructure is evolving to support an expanding space economy. ...
Podcast
NRO Looks to Bolster Satellite Cyber Protection
November 19, 2024
RESTON, VIRGINIA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is moving to a zero trust/defense in depth cyber protection schemata for the agency’s satellites, an NRO official said on Tuesday. “Whereas...
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A Frightening Future: Experts Outline the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks Against Space Systems
November 18, 2024
RESTON, VIRGINIA — Ransomware in space and the possibility of satellite kidnapping were just two of the scary future threats against space systems discussed at the CyberSat conference in Reston,...
Cybersecurity
ONCD Works to Operationalize Cyber Guidance for Space Systems
November 18, 2024
RESTON, VIRGINIA — The cybersecurity of space systems in terms of on orbit assets, ground systems, and data links is a critical issue for U.S. national security, and the federal...
Cybersecurity
Ontario Selects Starlink to Connect 15,000 Sites in Rural Broadband Program
November 15, 2024
The government of Ontario has selected SpaceX’s Starlink service as the internet provider for a new program to expand internet access in rural and remote communities. The Canadian province announced...
Connectivity
Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg Says Lightspeed Interest is Spiking After Financing Announcement
November 14, 2024
Telesat has seen customers discussions for the Lightspeed constellation ramp up after the Canadian operator finalized funding for the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation in the third quarter, CEO Dan Goldberg...
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