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Government/Military
Booster Resurfaces as Vulcan Centaur Issue; Space Force Halts Use for NSSL Amid Investigation
AURORA, Colo. – The U.S. Space Force has suspended launches of the United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program while the service […]
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Government/Military
AST SpaceMobile Nabs First Space Development Agency Award Under Europa Effort
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Monday said it has awarded a $30 million prototype contract to AST SpaceMobile to demonstrate low-latency tactical satellite communications using the company’s commercial spacecraft. The Other […]
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Opinion
Examining the Size of the US Residential Broadband Opportunity for LEO Satcom
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 […]
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Opinion
Acceleration, Convergence, and the New Strategic Landscape: Analysys Mason Space Industry Insights for 2026
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, […]
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Tech Focus Report
Stellant Systems: Heritage-Driven Innovation in Space
Stellant Systems’ strength in space microwave power technologies is built on more than 90 years of heritage. Our space roots stretch back to the 1960s with the Hughes Microwave Tube […]
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Tech Focus Report
Driving Virtualization to the Edge
In recent years, the satellite industry has engaged in frequent discussion of the benefits of ground segment virtualization. That future is now on the horizon, and ETL Systems is playing […]
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Opinion
A Constellation for Every Nation
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 […]
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Opinion
Why Insider Threats May Make Satellite Hacking Significantly Easier
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 […]
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Government/Military
NRO Taps HEO, SatVu, and Sierra Nevada for Remote Sensing Awards
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Tuesday said it has awarded contracts to HEO, SatVu and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) to provide commercial satellite-based remote sensing capabilities, marking the first of three tranches of awards […]
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Government/Military
NGA Awards Vantor $5 Million for Global Change Detection Under Luno B Contract
Vantor on Thursday said it received a $5.3 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide automated analytics on real-time changes in Earth’s terrain, helping the agency with its […]
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Government/Military
GPS III Satellite Successfully Launched Into Orbit
The U.S. Space Force late Tuesday night successfully launched a GPS III satellite into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, adding to the service’s constellation of more accurate […]
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Government/Military
After Review of 60 Programs Last Year, 2026 is SSC’s Year of Execution, Maj. Gen Purdy Says
In 2022, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command got guidance from Frank Calvelli, then the Space Force’s service acquisition executive (SAE), to move to fixed-price contracts, limit non-recurring engineering costs, […]
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Opinion
The Next Space Race Will Be Won on the Ground
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 […]
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Opinion
Competing in All Fields: Technologies for Multi-Orbit Architectures
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 […]
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Magazine
The Arctic Space Race Heats Up
The race for space dominance continues shifting north to the Arctic. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 significantly heightened European and broader Western interest in securing the Arctic. […]
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Opinion
Convergence Comes of Age: 2026 Shifts Satellite Promise into Commercial Reality
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 […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Wins String Of Launches For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1
SpaceX has received $739 million in new task orders for Phase 3, Lane 1 of National Security Space Launch (NSSL), according to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). The […]
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Government/Military
SDA Surveying Industry On Ability to Provide Ground Entry Points for Tranche 3
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to hear from companies able to build ground entry points (GEP) for Tranche 3 of the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture […]
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People
Tory Bruno Hops From ULA, Skips to Blue Origin
Tory Bruno is to be the new head of the national security division of Blue Origin, owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and a top competitor to SpaceX in the launch business. For nearly […]
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Finance
CACI Makes Play to Bolster Space Capabilities With $2.6 Billion Bid for ARKA Group
CACI International on Monday said it has agreed to acquire ARKA Group for $2.6 billion in cash, a deal that would make it a major player in high-end imaging payloads for classified […]
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Government/Military
SDA Awards Over $3.5 Billion For Tracking Layer Of Tranche 3
Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab USA, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies are to build 72 satellites for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer under more […]
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Finance
HawkEye 360 CEO Says ISA Acquisition Will Bolster Hawkeye’s Signals Analysis
HawkEye 360 on Thursday said it has acquired Innovative Signals Analysis (ISA) in a deal that is financially accretive, adds government customers and strengthens its platform for generating insights from the […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab Launches Space Test Program S30 Mission With DiskSat Satellite
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket carrying the Pentagon’s Space Test Program (STP) S30 mission lifted off from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Thursday, according […]
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Finance
Gogo Invests in Farcast to Fund Aviation Terminals
Gogo has made a strategic equity investment in user terminal startup Farcast to fund the development of aviation user terminals for Gogo customers. Gogo, which provides in-flight Wi-Fi for business […]
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Opinion
The Next Wave in Connectivity: Commercial Satellite D2D Takes Shape
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. […]
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Opinion
Space is No Longer a Gateway Science
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 […]
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Magazine
The Move to Open Ground Systems: Has the Satellite Industry Fully Embraced an Open Approach?
For years, satellite conferences have been peppered with cyclical conversations concerning the alleged lethargy of the ground segment. Despite being rooted in more conventional technologies, the importance of satellite landing […]





























