At any given moment around the world, 15 percent of the planet’s 5.2 billion mobile phone users are not connected, according to research conducted by Lynk, the first company to demonstrate a satellite-to-mobile-phone satellite constellation. What if those disconnections – from being in a remote area far from terrestrial signals or cut off from cell…

The satellite industry had a wake-up call earlier this year when the Russian government waged a cyberattack against a commercial satellite operator on the eve of its invasion of Ukraine. The targeted ground station attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network resulted in tens of thousands of modems shutting down in the besieged country, severing satellite broadband…

As the missions and business cases for smallsats evolve and grow, smallsat propulsion is innovating to keep up. Smallsats need more flexibility and maneuverability, and access to multiple orbits. How are changing mission requirements affecting propulsion requirements and what technologies are poised to disrupt the industry? According to Mike Cassidy, founder of Apollo Fusion and…

As more countries and constellation providers launch into space, the urgency for better space situation awareness and potential collision risks grows. Yet the question of whether space is really crowded is hotly debated in the industry, with Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation companies insisting there is room for everyone, and the overall community raising concerns that…