Satellite News

The Space Force cancelled a $1 billion program to harden GPS against jamming in January, and the GAO reported this week that the Army will not finish fielding anti-jam receivers on its aircraft until 2049. Patrick Shannon, whose company has ordered forty satellites for a navigation system that does not use GPS, gives the market brief on protected PNT at Silicon Valley Space Week.

On October 8, 2026, satellite network operator SpaceX announced a definitive agreement to acquire the nationwide 800 MHz low-band spectrum portfolio held by digital infrastructure investment firm Grain Management. The […]

On October 8, 2026, space systems manufacturer Blue Origin announced plans to construct Constellation Park, a $550 million satellite manufacturing complex in central Texas. The 120,000-square-meter (1.3 million-square-foot) industrial facility […]

On October 8, 2026, satellite platform developer Muon Space announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the appointments of Jody Kelman as Chief Product Officer and Emelia Probasco […]

On October 8, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Patent No. 12,757,141 B1 to SpaceX, detailing a beam synchronization and signal delay compensation system engineered for […]

On October 6, 2026, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced five proposed rule changes to revise the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Part 450 commercial launch and reentry licensing framework. […]

On October 7, 2026, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing extended deployment timelines for modernized military satellite navigation equipment across Armed Forces operational platforms. According to […]

In a presentation delivered on October 6, 2026, SpaceX identified the refusal of satellite operators to share ephemeris data—including precise orbital position data and planned maneuver schedules—as the single greatest […]