Services & Applications
70,000 Satellites, One Big Bottleneck: The Industry Wakes Up to the Data Trap
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Novaspace Partner Nathan De Ruiter presented staggering figures. Opening the floor with an exclusive forecast, he predicted that 70,000 small satellites launching over the next decade will represent an investment of roughly $134 billion. Yet the ...
SES Executive Confirms End of the 15-Year Satellite Era
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Taking the stage, Dr. Bryan Benedict, Senior Director of Innovation at SES Space & Defense, dismantled rather than defended the legacy model. He described the merger between satellite giants SES and Intelsat that created a fleet ...
High-Revisit CubeSats Drive Shift from Raw Imagery to Actionable Insights in 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California – As the Earth Observation (EO) market enters a hyper-operational phase in 2026, the reliance on massive, multibillion-dollar satellites is rapidly giving way to agile "tiny" satellite constellations. A new industry report released on Feb. 12, 2026, ...
D2D’s Hype Hangover: The Physics Finally Bite Back
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The free drinks at SmallSat Symposium usually signal a celebration, but this year they feel more like a necessity. If 2024 was the year of the press release, early 2026 is the year of the hangover ...
Silicon Valley to Aerospace: Code is the New Steel
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Rockets still make a lot of noise, but the revolution visible at the SmallSat Symposium moves silently, digitally, and at the speed of code. For decades “metal benders”—those massive aerospace conglomerates that first weld titanium and ...
The New Orbital Guard: Commercial Tech Steps Up as the Pentagon’s Watchtower
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The mood at the SmallSat Symposium has shifted from anxiety to resolve. While previous years were defined by fear of orbital overcrowding, this year marks the moment the industry decided to act. Experts at the Space ...
iDirect Government Validates live over-the-air (OTA) point-to-point test on DVB-S2X standard
iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a major provider of satellite communications for defense and government sectors, announced a successful live over-the-air (OTA) point-to-point test validating the DVB-S2X standard on its 450 Software-Defined Modem (SDM). This test marks a significant technical leap by ...
ELCOME Brings Amazon LEO Satellite Connectivity to Maritime Operations
ELCOME, a leading global provider of maritime technology, announced a major authorized reseller agreement with Amazon Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper). This partnership marks a significant expansion of Amazon’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services into the commercial maritime ...
CMA CGM Group, Marlink, and Eutelsat Partnership
On February 9, 2026, a landmark industrial partnership was solidified between the CMA CGM Group, Marlink, and Eutelsat to revolutionize maritime connectivity. This multi-year agreement centers on the deployment of OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services across more than 300 ...
Sequoia capital: 2028 will be the year of direct to cell for SpaceX
In a recent investment thesis highlighted on February 3, 2026, Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire identified 2028 as the pivotal year for SpaceX’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) technology. Maguire, whose firm has invested approximately $1.2 billion in SpaceX since 2019, described the ...
Verum Messenger Launches Offline Architecture for True Digital Sovereignty
This system transforms the traditional messaging model by shifting from a Centralized Cloud to a Decentralized Mesh Network ...
Be the Pulse of the New Space Age: SatNews Wants a High-Velocity Digital Content Editor
REMOTE | HIGH AUTONOMY | UNCAPPED POTENTIAL The space industry isn’t just expanding, it’s exploding. From Starship test flights and mega-constellation deployments to regulatory battles and billion-dollar M&A deals, the news cycle is faster than it has ever been. SatNews ...
Astronomers Flag Amazon’s Kuiper Constellation for Exceeding Satellite Brightness Limits
Targeting a growing gap between commercial LEO deployment and space sustainability, a new study led by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has found that Amazon’s Project Kuiper (Amazon Leo) satellites currently exceed brightness recommendations intended to protect ground-based astronomy. Analyzing ...
KSAT Launches Integrated Vake Platform to Monitor Dark Vessels via Multi-Sensor Fusion
On Monday, Jan. 26, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) announced the launch of "Vake Powered by KSAT," a consolidated maritime situational awareness platform designed to detect, identify, and track non-cooperative or "dark" vessels. The platform integrates optical, Radio Frequency (RF), and ...
Blue Origin Announces Multi-Orbit TeraWave Megaconstellation for Enterprise and Government Markets
In a significant expansion of its commercial space architecture, Blue Origin announced on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, the development of TeraWave, a new 5,408-satellite communications network. The multi-orbit constellation is designed to provide high-capacity, resilient connectivity specifically for data centers, ...
Keysight Collaborates with Airbus UpNext on 5G NTN SpaceRAN Demonstrator
The project focuses on validating seamless integration between terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks ...
Google Addresses Orbital Debris Risks for Project Suncatcher AI Constellation
Google’s proposed architecture targets a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), but the density of debris in this region raises concerns regarding Kessler Syndrome, a runaway chain reaction of collisions ...
TrustPoint Achieves Key Milestone in Resilient, GPS-Independent Navigation
This milestone marks a significant step in the company’s mission to provide a commercial, GPS-independent positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capability for satellite operators ...
SpaceX Activates Free Starlink Service in Iran Amid National Internet Blackout
Iranians with access to the approximately 50,000 to 100,000 smuggled terminals can now connect to the web ...
Back down to Earth: How invisible highways of light are outclassing orbital satellite connectivity (Reader Forum)
Wireless Optical Communication (WOC) is quietly providing the high-capacity backbone required to bridge the global digital divide without the inherent limitations of space-based infrastructure ...
