Satellites

By Brian Everstine
AFRL’s Global Lightning prototyping effort began in 2018.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The FCC has issued a special permission to T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force’s SSC wants Impulse Space to demonstrate its Mira spacecraft quickly conducting space domain awareness missions.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The once-classified office, first publicly acknowledged in 1992, is close to operationalizing its new constellation.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
As part of the first phase of its rollout, the Traffic Coordination System for Space is sending alerts to nine satellite operators.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The 5650B is an upgraded version of Comtech’s current wideband global satcom-certified modem.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
More than 50 years into its military space odyssey, the UK is looking to take its capabilities to a higher level.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The defense tech startup first announced it was expanding its hardware and software capabilities to support the space domain in a Sept. 13 release.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The company recently used the antenna system to support the checkout phase of satellites it built for the Space Development Agency (SDA).
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The company also surpassed 4 million customers for the satellite-based internet service.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
As satellite operators turn to smaller, proliferated spacecraft to protect space-based capabilities, industry sees ground stations as a new target for attacks.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Denver-based aerospace company is on contract for more than 130 satellites to build out the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK is reaching a pivotal moment in developing its own space-based intelligence collection capability, with the first of several pathfinder satellites nearing operations.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The mission, dubbed Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY), is planned for launch in late 2026.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s milestone-setting TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) mission has come to a close.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The Texas legislature has appropriated $150 million in grants for selected Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grants.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
In some emerging use cases in geostationary Earth orbit, conventional satellites weighing several metric tons would be too expensive.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The demonstration saw Northrop Grumman’s hybrid satcom terminal connect with a ViaSat-3 F1 satellite in Geosynchronous orbit at Ka frequencies.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
Chinese and Russia anti-satellite capabilities are driving Western militaries to pursue better situational awareness and countermeasures.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, a Royal Air Force official says.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The German Space Command is exploring the possibility of launching an active in-orbit space defense project not unlike what France is pursuing.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry wants to experiment with deployable Enhanced Long-Range Navigation (eLoran) signals.
Satellites