Satellite News

On Saturday, October 10, 2026, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:39 a.m. Eastern, successfully deploying 21 Northrop Grumman satellites […]

During the Futurecom 2026 conference in São Paulo, global connectivity provider floLIVE and non-terrestrial network (NTN) operator Skylo Technologies announced an integrated cellular and satellite IoT connectivity service across Brazil. […]

On October 12, 2026, Greek industrial conglomerate METLEN Energy & Metals, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, and Thales Hellas executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development […]

On October 8, 2026, defense technology contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced the successful demonstration of end-to-end connectivity across a native, multi-vendor 5G New Radio Non-Terrestrial Network (5G NR […]

On October 5, 2026, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher outlined a 10-year, €10 billion ($10.9 billion) proposal to establish an independent European crewed spaceflight capability. Presented ahead […]

On October 11, 2026, defense logistics contractor Sierra Space demonstrated the flight recovery capabilities of its Ghost reentry vehicle during high-altitude drop tests conducted under U.S. Space Command’s Apollo Nexus […]

On October 11, 2026, Amazon disclosed details regarding its commercial strategy for Amazon Leo, outlining plans to bundle satellite broadband internet with Amazon Prime subscriptions and consumer ecosystem services to […]

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.