Satellite News

On Sept. 21, 2026, space operations provider SSC Space signed a multi-year contract with Airbus Defence and Space to serve as the prime ground segment provider for the Pléiades Neo […]

On Sept. 21, 2026, space market intelligence firm Novaspace released market data confirming that commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite orders reached 14 spacecraft announced year-to-date. The figure marks a recovery […]

The Space Force is letting SpaceX decide how many satellites the $2.29 billion Space Data Network Backbone will carry, and it plans to zero out future Transport Layer funding in fiscal 2027. Preston Dunlap, the first Chief Architect Officer of the Space Force and Air Force, moderates the panel on whether that network is a backbone or a single point of failure at Silicon Valley Space Week.

On Sept. 21, 2026, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr confirmed that the regulatory agency projects raising over $100 billion (€87.1 billion) for the U.S. Treasury through a series […]

On Sept. 21, 2026, Belgian satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab confirmed it achieved financial profitability in early 2026, prior to securing a €2.4 billion ($2.75 billion) prime contract to construct 264 satellites […]

On Sept. 20, 2026, South Korean satellite manufacturer Satrec Initiative confirmed plans to construct four 10-centimeter-class optical observation satellites. Developed in partnership with parent company Hanwha Systems, the spacecraft will […]

On Sept. 20, 2026, defense prime contractor Northrop Grumman secured a award from the U.S. Space Force to design and construct a prototype satellite for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness […]

On Sept. 20, 2026, evaluations of satellite communications technology confirmed that space-based laser communications and optical inter-satellite links (OISL) are transitioning from experimental flight demonstrations to operational network deployments. As […]