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Feb 10
Spacesail is growing. Is the West ready?
China’s satcom operators have historically been marginal players on the global stage. The lead actors, APT Satellite, AsiaSat, and China Sat


Feb 4
Starlink – a Political Punching Bag, and an Opportunity for Competitors?
Musk’s influential role in the second Trump administration has opened Starlink to new attacks.

Jan 14
SpaceX flies the same Falcon 9 booster 25 times, and what it means for Blue Origin
Between the imminent debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and the seventh demo launch of SpaceX’s Starship, the team at SpaceX quietly hit a new


Jan 7
Italy’s Constellation Dilemma
The European Union is treating Italy’s consideration of a €1.5 billion ($1.6B) contract for secure Starlink services as a binary decision be

Dec 30, 2024
Analyzing Globalstar’s Go-Forward Strategy: Differentiation, Defense & DTD
Globalstar on Dec. 12 held its first investor day in years, bringing analysts and shareholders together to outline business priorities. Quil

Dec 18, 2024
Eutelsat OneWeb’s Transitional Constellation
Based on satellite design lives, OneWeb may need to replace half its fleet before IRIS2 enters service in 2030.

Dec 6, 2024
Telesat Lightspeed PDR puts constellation in line with other LEOs
Telesat Lightspeed experienced a cascading series of delays over the past seven years, mainly related to financing, but the project’s recent

Nov 18, 2024
Breaking Down the DoD’s $13-Billion pLEO Play
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Nov 13, 2024
SpaceX flight rate continues to climb
If SpaceX achieves VP of Flight Kiko Dontchev’s recently established goal of another 26 launches by the end of the year, the company will no


Nov 7, 2024
A new era of GPS competition
In September, the U.S. Space Force selected four companies – Astranis, Axient, L3Harris and Sierra Space – to submit design concepts for a l


Nov 4, 2024
IRIS2 Survived. Now it will reshape Europe’s satcom sector
Constellations are never quick, and Europe’s IRISsup>2/sup> is no exception.

Oct 28, 2024
Evaluating SES’s case for a proliferated MEO constellation
On Oct. 21, United Launch Alliance began integrating its third Vulcan rocket on a mission that, if done this year, positions the company to


Oct 23, 2024
ULA’s quest to reset industry precedent
On Oct. 21, United Launch Alliance began integrating its third Vulcan rocket on a mission that, if done this year, positions the company to


Oct 15, 2024
Dissecting Starlink’s V3 Constellation Application
On Oct. 11, SpaceX filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting to modify Starlink’s architecture and establish wh

Oct 9, 2024
Seeds for a new debris-removal industry
The Defense Department doles out study contracts in the six-to-seven figure range so often they are rarely worth mentioning in the grand sch

Oct 4, 2024
Understanding the satcom industry's newfound obsession with PACE
Military agencies have long been ideal customers for the satellite industry because of their willingness to pay a premium for resilient comm


Sep 26, 2024
Quilty’s takeaways from World Space Business Week
Every year at the perennial Paris pilgrimage, one or more trends emerge as the dominant theme of the show, and 2024 was no different.


Sep 5, 2024
A smallsat thruster shortage – how we got here
Supply chain fragility has been a perpetual challenge for the satellite industry, often centering on subsystems and components for which the


Aug 30, 2024
Starlink in aviation: where are its wings?
Over the past two years, Starlink has hit the maritime industry like a tsunami, swallowing up cruise line, yachts, and merchant vessels at s

Aug 21, 2024
The perils of going public too early
During the heyday of the 2020-2022 SPAC investment bubble, more than a dozen space companies filed to go public, ranging from established pl
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