Opinion

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, carrying out airstrikes against Iran alongside cyber and electronic operations. This unfolded amid renewed tensions in negotiations over […]

A network only proves its worth at the moment it is needed. For enterprises managing fleets, utilities, industrial sites and remote assets, that moment is increasingly every moment. As operations […]

According to the 2023 Space Sector Skills Survey by the Space Skills Alliance, 52 percent of space organizations in the U.K. have skills gaps in their current workforce. For 72 […]

Satellite Earth Observation (EO) is increasingly recognized as a strategic instrument for meeting Europe’s defense needs and for ensuring the green and digital transitions. From monitoring droughts and forest fires […]

Once in a while, a pair of simultaneous events offers us a warning about the future, if we are able to open our eyes and see the lessons of the […]

AI is entering a different phase in Earth Observation. What began as experimentation on curated datasets is now moving into operational use, where models are expected to keep working across […]

We’re closing out this edition of Via Satellite in the days after SATShow Week, before we head to Space Symposium. One of my biggest takeaways from SATELLITE x GovMilSpace is […]

In the logic of national security, an offset strategy is the decisive move: a technological or organizational advantage that neutralizes an adversary’s numerical or geographic strength. The nuclear deterrent of […]

The satellite communications market has evolved rapidly over the past four years. As SpaceX’s Starlink has racked up not just hundreds, but even thousands of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites […]

In contested and denied environments, beyond-line-of-sight connectivity is often the only remaining link for command and control, mission execution, and safety-of-life communications. For U.S. military platforms operating at the tactical […]

“The Space Force was established … in recognition of one key fact: space is a warfighting domain,” Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, recently testified. He added that […]

This year is already off to a bold start, shaping up to be one of the most interesting ones of the current decade. We have already seen a slew of […]

Over the past five years, Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity has gone from concept to reality. Today, airline passengers stream Netflix over oceans, cruise goers video call from the Arctic […]

The space sector enters 2026 in a state of profound acceleration. What was once a steady march of technological progress has become a rapid, multidimensional transformation driven by geopolitical urgency, […]

An increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape is forcing nations to rethink space — fast. Alliances once assumed to be stable now look precarious. Supply chains once described as “global” now reveal […]

The established wisdom holds that satellite hacking is challenging for malicious actors due to the complexities of satellite infrastructure and the need to compromise multiple systems simultaneously. However, if insiders […]

Even today, with space in the news almost daily, most still picture its future in simple if spectacular terms: rockets blasting off at the end of a countdown, colonies on […]

Fueled by strategic direction and an impending near-peer conflict, the Pentagon is creating resilient transport diversity across multiple constellations. Projects like the Army’s Multi-Orbit Modem, the Space Force Commercial Satellite […]

For the better part of a decade, the promise of satellite-to-handset connectivity has sat somewhere between trial and theory. With the first commercial direct-to-device (D2D) constellations now scaling up and […]

2025 marks a defining moment for satellite direct-to-device (D2D). D2D is evolving from a niche emergency service to a scalable communications model, linking smartphones, IoT devices, and businesses through satellites. […]

For decades, the satellite industry has relied on astronauts as our primary recruitment tool. The logic was straightforward: inspire kids with images of humans floating in space and driving on […]

Transformative deep tech innovation is the key to unlocking value from the emerging space ecosystem – and there’s no doubt in my mind that the telecoms industry will play a […]

In the mid-2000s, when the commercial space sector had significantly fewer active systems than today, space cybersecurity was not a major concern for systems engineers. Instead, the focus was on […]

The Golden Dome multi-layered missile defense initiative marks an inflection point in national security strategy. Plans are for a comprehensive defense involving constellations of satellites, advanced space-based interceptors and ground-based […]

Secure satellite communications form the invisible backbone of modern defense operations, quietly enabling missions and connecting forces across the globe. Yet these systems are facing mounting challenges. From cyberattacks and […]

Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are poised to play an increasingly vital role in next-generation networks, with applications in 5G and 6G, as well as mission-critical communications and defense. Comprising base stations […]

The space sector was historically dominated by states and state actors for defense and research. But recent private investment in the sector has changed that notion. As of July 2024, […]

As the Pentagon increasingly depends on commercial space capabilities for sensing, transport, and resilience, a new frontier is emerging. A frontier where commercial satellites don’t just inform the battlefield but […]

The Via Satellite team has just come back from World Space Business Week. We had the opportunity to host a fantastic happy hour thanks to our good friends at Umbra, […]

The satellite industry, once the exclusive playground of superpowers and select multinational corporations, is undergoing a seismic shift. At the heart of this transformation is the Golden Dome initiative, a […]