Satellites

Connectivity provider Gogo is mounting a push to outfit some of the hundreds of C-130s with a new rear hatch to enable in-flight satellite links for special forces and other uses.

Airbus plans to finally deploy the Superbird-9 broadcast and broadband satellite for Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT next year after multiple delays, Schoellhorn says.

Transcelestial is branching out with its space-based laser links to provide intra-satellite connectivity

SpaceX has shared plans to deploy a vast network of data center satellites in the most ambitious bid yet to shift computer processing capability to space.

Military space systems require the kind of self-protection capability long associated with combat aircraft, the Spanish Space Commander argues.

Italy is looking at how to quickly regenerate lost space systems in times of conflict as the country seeks to prepare for future wars.

The Space Development Agency will test whether commercial deorbiting can keep its low-Earth-orbit architecture safe and sustainable.

Eutelsat announced late Jan. 29 that the previously proposed sale of its ground segment to investor EQT Infrastructure VI will not occur.

Military satellite startup York Space Systems became a public traded company Jan. 29 after an initial public offering of stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

Two French space companies are forming a strategic partnership to build deorbiting systems for use in low Earth orbit.

The Space Development Agency wants to install terminals on aircraft, connecting them to the low-Earth-orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The European Union is looking to take an incremental capability approach to field its IRIS2 secure satellite constellation will provide.

German startup LiveEO says it plans to deploy a constellation of 3D Earth-imaging spacecraft, naming Reflex Aerospace as the satellite platform developer.

Iceye is pushing Europe to get on with building an autonomous satellite intelligence system, proposing a 1,000-spacecraft construct called Constellation Europe.

The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the latest GPS III satellite on Jan. 27, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS.

Space maneuvers to avoid collisions are becoming more frequent.

The European Commission will take a few more months to finalize requirements for its future Earth Observation Government Service (EOGS) program.

Europe needs to increase its level of spending on space to avoid falling further behind rivals, the European Space Agency argues.

The EU defense and space commissioner is pushing for an accelerated fielding of the bloc's secure satellite communication system, due to come online by 2030.

The U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to field a new constellation of commercially derived spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.

NASA has named eight U.S. companies that are eligible to bid for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.

The Space Force is breaking ground with commercial partners and intelligence agencies to deliver the moving target indication data to fight and win tomorrow’s wars.

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the next GPS III satellite no earlier than Jan. 25, the service’s Space Systems Command announced Jan. 22.

SpaceX plans to deploy a space-to-ground laser link on its Starlink constellation, CEO Elon Musk said.

From “left-of-launch” early warning to terminal defense, Pitch Black is targeted at an integrated kill web hypersonic defense system.