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Nov 18, 2024
Breaking Down the DoD’s $13-Billion pLEO Play
The summer slump got a jump ina target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink HyperlinkGateOff SCXW1243125 BCX0" href="https://


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


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


May 15, 2024
DoD’s ULA Dilemma
What Quilty Space identified as a risk for Amazon’s Project Kuiper two years ago is now a concern the U.S. military shares.


May 7, 2024
Will pLEO become a nation-state obsession?
In years past, small countries often financed geostationary satellites under the auspices of national sovereignty.


May 1, 2024
DIU got a bucket of cash. Now what?
In a year marked by budget atrophy at NASA, NOAA-OSC, and the Space Force, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) was a notable outlier.


Apr 25, 2024
Raytheon’s Strategic Pivot from Prime Time
Defense News officially moves away competing

Mar 13, 2024
OSAM-1 Fallout: Lessons from a Troubled Program
On March 1, NASA terminated a $2 billion program to create a refueling satellite, the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSA


Feb 23, 2024
Will high-volume space stations close the business case?
At least six commercial space station efforts are under way to replace the International Space Station by 2031.


Feb 2, 2024
Are China’s LEO constellations becoming real?
Since at least 2018, China has had two or more purported LEO constellations in the works.


Jan 10, 2024
The Long Road to Ovzon 3
In 2018, Swedish network operator Ovzon ordered one of the first small GEO satellites (1,000-2,000kg), expecting a typical three years to


Dec 31, 2023
Starlink’s RDOF Loss Could be a Catalyst for Change
Starklink's RDOF Loss Could Be a Catalyst for Change


Dec 8, 2023
GEO Satellite Orders for 2023: Indicative of New Trend?
Barring any late-stage contracts, 2023 will conclude with 12 commercial GEO satellite orders, seven of which were micro GEOs (>1,000 kg).

Nov 20, 2023
DoD wants space ties with Indonesia. It won’t be that easy
Military agencies have long been ideal customers for the satellite industry because of their willingness to pay a premium for resilient comm

Oct 27, 2023
The Dawn of Solid Rocket Motor Diversification
U.S. lawmakers have been fretting since 2018 (when Northrop Grumman bought Orbital ATK) that the national supply base for solid rocket motor


Oct 25, 2023
Aalyria: A Darkhorse Candidate for OCT Kingmaker?
Incorporating Optical Communications Terminals (OCTs) has become a baseline assumption for nearly every megaconstellation operator (i.e., St


Oct 19, 2023
Does Mongolia’s satcom surge signal freedom from China and Russia?
This year Mongolia made two moves that will bring satellite connectivity to the landlocked country and could signal the beginning of soverei


Oct 16, 2023
CLDP Teams Approach Halftime in Race to Replace the ISS
As the players in NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) transition program approach the second half of theira target="_blank" rel="noopen


Oct 3, 2023
Space Norway satellite delays show how rough COVID hit Northrop Grumman
It’s rare that satellite operators, especially those not publicly traded, give granular details about the reasons for their programmatic del
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