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 From analyzing firefighter’s health data, to communicating on the front lines in conflict zones, to managing a complex election process in land-locked Burkina Faso, satellites deliver the real-time data […]

The global satellite communications industry is undergoing rapid change today, with price declines, large increases in capacity volumes, and a general pivot of the satellite operator business model towards selling […]

Little more than a year ago, in December 2018, satellite owner operators gathered with Air Force Space Command leaders in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to talk about the “holy grail” of […]

Just five years ago, small satellite operators would say “yes” to any possibility to get into orbit at a reasonable price, says Stephen Eisele, vice president of Business Development at […]

2020 is set to be the year of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as more providers build out their business cases and constellations for operating in LEO, a market that promises to […]

The Pacific Islands stand on the cusp of a digital revolution, and mobile connectivity will play a pivotal role in this transformation. Not only will it offer critical access to […]

The world’s first portable ground station for sending and receiving secure quantum communications is up and running. The station has successfully connected to China’s Quantum Science Satellite, nicknamed Mozi, which […]

The 14th Air Force – previously the Air Force component to U.S. Strategic Command for space operations – last month was redesignated as the Space Operations Command (SPOC) under the […]

Defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build the State of Israel’s national communications satellite, “Dror 1,” the company announced on Thursday. Dror 1 built by the state-owned […]

In 2018, natural disasters claimed 10,400 lives and caused $160 billion worth of damage, according to German reinsurer Munich Re. That’s down from $350 billion and 13,000 lives lost in […]

President Trump signed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Dec. 20, officially standing up the Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces under […]

Social media is awash right now with “decade challenges” — photos of decade-beginning and decade-ending self portraits to mark the change, for better or worse, that can happen to an […]

The satellite industry is in the midst of rapid, simultaneous changes to the commercial, civil, and defense markets that are forcing decision makers to adapt their business models. Dramatic improvements […]

Reach, performance and flexibility augmenting the end-to-end fiber infrastructure – this is how SES Networks Executive Vice President Stewart Sanders describes the unique characteristics of the operator’s O3b mPOWER managed […]

There’s no shortage of excitement about the coming new space decade, from the U.S. priority to get back to the moon, to the launch of the first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

It wasn’t so long ago that we hailed the era of High Throughput Satellites (HTS), which made it possible to deliver high-speed broadband data through narrow spot beams — enabling […]

Reach, performance and flexibility augmenting the end-to-end fiber infrastructure – this is how SES Networks Executive Vice President Stewart Sanders describes the unique characteristics of the operator’s O3b mPOWER managed […]

The fundamentals of spectrum policy can be complicated and confusing, and, as the need for spectrum increases, it’s more important than ever to understand how and why our communication and […]

SpaceX launched its 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-19) on Friday at 17:29 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon […]

The CyberSat program director, Mark Holmes, sat down with Envistacom’s Director of Special Operations, Richard LePage, and Cybersecurity Specialist, Tera Garner to discuss the role of cyber in the design […]

The private equity buyers of Inmarsat refused to bow to shareholder pressure and increase their $3.4 billion bid for the U.K. satellite operator on Monday, just one day before a […]

It looks like SpaceX‘s shiny new Starship prototype has entered the test phase. The full-size Starship Mk1 vehicle “breathed” during an apparent pressure test yesterday evening (Nov. 18) at SpaceX’s […]

The Moon landing approximately 50 years ago was one of mankind’s greatest successes. It was the culmination of the collaborative efforts of hundreds of individuals striving to achieve a common […]

As Floridians on the east coast of the U.S. flooded grocery stores for water and food in preparation for the oncoming storm, Hurricane Dorian grew swiftly from a manageable Category […]

For years, folks have discussed the possibilities of 5G and how the technology will power the fourth industrial revolution in the US. But now it’s time to take action, and […]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones have seen a significant increase in applications across all segments — government as well as commercial. The use of UAVs is no longer a […]

From the ground, the scenes of California’s wildfires are terrifying, but looking down from high above reveals the massive and horrific scale of the blazes. The International Space Station and […]

The 2019 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) kicks off next week. More than 300 delegates from all countries across the world are gathering in Egypt to update the International Telecommunications Union […]

In the face of dwindling Returns on Assets (ROA) due to the inexorable slide in broadband connectivity pricing ($/Mbps/pcm), and the prospect of further swathes of space capacity being launched […]

With the proliferation of satellites going to orbit of late, I’m often asked what lies ahead with respect to the issue of debris in space. By many accounts, thousands of […]