Top Stories for the week of December 19, 2025

Government/Military | December 14, 2025
Space RCO Solicitation for Agile Space Effort Held Up By SBIR/STTR Funding Issue
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) around agile space capabilities, but it……[continued]
Government/Military | December 15, 2025
Cailabs Partners With DataPath to Build Transportable Optical Ground Stations 
Cailabs is working to bring transportable optical ground stations to market through a new agreement with DataPath to integrate its optical instruments onto DataPath’s transportable…...[continued]
Technology | December 2, 2025
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…...[continued]
Connectivity | December 15, 2025
Viasat Integrates Global Xpress Fleet Into Unified Ka-Band Network for Gov Users 
Viasat has integrated the Global Xpress satellite fleet from Inmarsat, its Ka-band satellites, and partner satellites into a unified Ka-band network for government and military…...[continued]
Government/Military | December 18, 2025
Trump Issues Space Policy Order Affirming 2028 Moon Landing Goal
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on space policy on Thursday that affirmed the priority to land Americans on the Moon by 2028, called…...[continued]
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People | December 17, 2025
Senate Confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator  
The Senate voted to confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator on Wednesday afternoon. Isaacman takes the helm of NASA after an interesting journey to the…...[continued]
Finance | December 18, 2025
Moody's Ratings Downgrades SES Rating; SES Responds
Moody's Ratings downgraded the credit assessment of SES from ba1 to ba2 on Dec. 17, citing weaker pro forma results for the first nine months of…...[continued]
Mobility | December 15, 2025
Abra Group Selects SES’s IFC Service for More Than 100 Aircraft 
Latin American airline group Abra Group has selected SES’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) service to be rolled out on more than 100 aircraft, SES announced Monday. …...[continued]
Connectivity | December 17, 2025
Airtel Africa Partners With Starlink for Direct to Cell Service 
Airtel Africa plans to bring Starlink Direct to Cell to its customers under a new partnership announced Tuesday. The telco will be the first mobile…...[continued]
Connectivity | December 16, 2025
Indonesia’s Telkomsat Looks to Partner With Equatys JV for on Direct-to-Device
Indonesia’s national satellite operator PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) has signed an MoU with Space42 to explore direct-to-device (D2D) collaboration with the Equatys joint venture. …...[continued]
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