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With small satellites or cubesats, there’s a tendency — even among satellite industry veterans — to think about their activities in Low-Earth Orbits (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbits (MEO). But if...

Satellite manufacturing giants touted their commitment to agile development and spending on new capabilities like on-orbit refueling at Tuesday’s closing session of SATELLITE 2020, painting a rosy picture of a...

The agency in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that buys commercial satellite services for the U.S. military is working on a new acquisition strategy, aiming to centralize and consolidate...

The United States Armed Forces have leveraged space-based assets for decades to provide a warfighting advantage, but the evolution of in-orbit operations by adversaries has highlighted the need for the...

The next big thing in satellite won’t be limited to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) or one particular frequency or technology. Organizations will need to invest in hybrid solutions — pulling from...

The millennial and Gen-X cofounders of many of today’s most buzzworthy small-satellite startups likely didn’t envision the magnitude of launches, or the rollout of megaconstellations, when they began their careers....

The satellite industry comprises individuals from a variety of backgrounds, market segments, and nationalities. So naturally, everyone who attended the annual SATELLITE 2020 conference in Washington, D.C., brought a different...

Life gets busy, especially at conferences. The few short days are full of meetings, sessions, and networking, and it may seem impossible to fit another thing on the list. Some...

As SATELLITE 2020 kicked off, with many in the industry basking in the excitement around commercial space activities, military space stakeholders — including U.S. government agencies and non-government organizations —...

The last decade has seen huge equity investments in space startups fueled by the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and broadband connectivity revolution. Space equity investments totaled $5.8 billion last year alone,...