April 1, 2026
 

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Faced With Starlink Competition, Ground Segment Leaders Turn to Orchestration, Specialization
Faced with the game-changing advent of vertically integrated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) megaconstellations like Starlink and Amazon Leo, ground segment hardware and service providers are having to rethink both their technology and their business model, a panel of ground segment CEOs told SATShow last week.

“We've never been in a more exciting time, honestly, in terms of dollars invested in capabilities in space,” said Per Norén, the CEO of Ovzon, which started out making user terminals but now provides high-end Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satcom-as-a-service capabilities to national security and defense customers. With investment capital pouring into the space sector writ…[continued]

Mobility
Delta Taps Amazon Leo for IFC Rollout on 500 Aircraft
Delta Air Lines has turned to Amazon to expand its in-flight connectivity offerings, announcing plans to roll out Amazon Leo IFC service starting with 500…[continued]
People
Claussen Departs, ST Engineering iDirect Names Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO
ST Engineering iDirect has named CTO Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO to succeed Don Claussen in leading the company.  Claussen had served as ST Engineering iDirect…[continued]
Government/Military
Air Force Awards BlackSky $99M to Large Aperture Optical Payload for Space-Based Imaging
BlackSky Technology on Tuesday said a $99 million contract it received from the Air Force Research Laboratory in early March that will accelerate the design…[continued]
Connectivity
Es’hailSat and EgyptSat Sign VSAT Partnership Deal
Two of the Middle East’s biggest satellite companies have signed a partnership deal to provide better connectivity services in region. Es’hailSat, the Qatar satellite company,…[continued]
SATShow 2026
ICYMI: WAVE Achieves First Cloud-to-Gateway Satcom Virtualization with AI Signal Analysis
Members of the Waveform Architecture for Virtualized Ecosystems (WAVE) Consortium, an IEEE standards body, achieved the first instance of standardized waveform virtualization using field-programmable gate…[continued]
Partner Content
SATShow Video Interview With Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains at SATShow Week
With the massive increase in satellites in orbit, there's growing demand for radio frequency (RF) components to support satellite systems. Via Satellite interviews Jin…[continued]
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