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FCC Proposes 25 MHz Mid-Band Spectrum Auction with Dual 5G and Direct-to-Device Allocations

November 1st, 2026 by me

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to auction 25 megahertz of mid-band spectrum across the 1675–1695 […]

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Satellites Can’t Wait for the 2030 Post-Quantum Deadline, MilSat Panel Says

November 1st, 2026 by me

The “Attack at Machine Speed: Cyber, AI, and the Counterspace Threat” panel seated on stage beneath a slide of panelist names at the MilSat Symposium at Silicon Valley Space Week 2026, with moderator Paul Struhsaker at the podium.Commercial space companies are moving faster than the government to meet the 2030 post-quantum deadline, MilSat panelists said.

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Telesat Delays Lightspeed Constellation Service to Mid-2028 Following Pathfinder Software Delays

November 1st, 2026 by me

OTTAWA, Ontario — Telesat has delayed the commercial rollout of its Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation by three months, targeting full global service by the end of the […]

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Eutelsat Q1 LEO Revenue Rises 30% to €70.9M as OneWeb Offsets Video Decline

October 31st, 2026 by me

PARIS — Eutelsat Group reported total first-quarter revenues of €286 million following the close of market trading on Oct. 29, 2026, driven by expanding low Earth orbit (LEO) operations that […]

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“I Can’t Refuel You. I’m Sorry”: Satellite Servicers Can’t Agree on a Plug

October 30th, 2026 by me

Sierra Space Defense SVP Erik Daehler speaks into a microphone between two fellow panelists on the on-orbit servicing panel at Silicon Valley Space Week 2026.Sierra Space and Northrop Grumman have refuelable satellites headed to GEO with different interfaces. At MilSat, Sierra’s Erik Daehler gave the Space Force an 18-month clock.

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HIMERA and GomSpace Begin Orbital Operations of OBRIA NANO Test Satellite for Sovereign Ukrainian Network

October 30th, 2026 by me

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian tactical radio manufacturer HIMERA and Danish small-satellite developer GomSpace have initiated in-orbit operations of OBRIA NANO, a technology demonstration spacecraft engineered to validate the core architecture […]

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Blue Origin Reconstructs Launch Complex 36 Tower, Targets November Return to Flight for New Glenn

October 30th, 2026 by me

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin is preparing to resume flight operations of its New Glenn rocket as early as November 2026, significantly accelerating its recovery timeline following ground infrastructure […]

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Hughes Secures $42.5M Space Systems Command Award for Multi-Orbit Automated EM&C Architecture

October 30th, 2026 by me

GERMANTOWN, Md. — Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, secured a $42.5 million task order on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) to […]

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