Government/Military

Next year, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) plans to buy military satellite communications (SATCOM) data from Luxembourg’s Medium Earth Orbit Global Services (MGS) program, which gives Luxembourg...

Charity Weeden joined NASA as associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS). Weeden joins NASA from Astroscale U.S., where she served as vice president for global...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), an arm of Yahsat has won a new mandate worth over $5 billion with the UAE government. The deal was announced Sept. 22. The UAE government...

The FCC adopted new rules on Thursday that it says will speed up processing for space and earth station applications. FCC Chairwoman said in a statement that the FCC currently...

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Lite Coms a contract for VSAT terminals that could be worth up to $500 million.  The U.S. The Department of Defense announced the award...

CACI International Inc has completed interoperability testing for its optical communication terminal for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 data relay and tracking network. CACI said in a Monday...

Powerful industry group Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is taking the stance that space should not be designated as a U.S. critical infrastructure sector. AIA released a letter on Tuesday that...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to boost India’s space capabilities. The MoU...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a solicitation for Tranche 2 (T2) of the SDA Tracking Layer for first launch by April 30, 2027. “The T2...

Firefly Aerospace successfully launched the VICTUS NOX spacecraft in a special mission to demonstrate rapid launch capabilities to the U.S. Space Force.  Firefly Aerospace and spacecraft manufacturer Millennium Space Systems...