Satellite News

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the U.S. Space Force confirmed it has transferred six National Security Space Launch missions from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to SpaceX as ULA’s Vulcan Centaur […]

Seeking to close sensor tracking gaps against maneuvering hypersonic missiles throughout their entire flight envelopes, the Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Tuesday, October 20, […]

For constellation programs, the MEMS-versus-optical debate is largely settled. Reliability, unit-to-unit consistency and supply now decide whether an inertial sensor choice holds up at volume.

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, test and measurement provider Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) has selected its New Radio Non-Terrestrial Network (NR-NTN) test solutions to expand […]

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO) announced an initiative to accelerate security clearances for commercial space firms. Unveiled by COMSO Director U.S. Space Force […]

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, SpaceX released its third-quarter financial results, reporting that Starlink’s global subscriber base reached 13.6 million customers following a quarterly net addition of 1.6 million users. […]

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, satellite communications provider Viasat Inc. announced the successful orbital launch of the Maxwell spacecraft to advance its demonstration mission for NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP). […]

BlackSky said on October 15 that it had extended an agreement with HEO into a third year, putting spare capacity on its imaging satellites to work photographing other satellites. Scot Currie, who ran the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency group that managed national and commercial satellite imagery operations before he joined the company, sits on the commercial GEOINT panel at Silicon Valley Space Week.