Australia Cancels Lockheed Martin Milsatcom Program

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Australia is a partner with the U.S. milsatcom projects like the Advanced EHF 6 spacecraft, launched in March 2020.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
Australia has cancelled a program to buy and field a geostationary (GEO) military satellite program and says it wants to instead invest in a multi-orbit constellation. The government says it made the switch because “a single-orbit GEO-based satellite communications system would not meet strategic...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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