On Saturday, April 19th at 3:41 AM – 7:41 AM PDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch the tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and […]
Satellite Innovation
Lockheed Martin: Collaboration will lead to a time of growth
By Chris Forrester Johnathon Caldwell, VP/GM Strategic & Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space delivered a prime executive presentation at the Silicon Valley Space Week and its MilSat Symposium sessions. […]
Handling Multi-Mission, Multi-Orbit Data Traffic
By Chris Forrester Phil Carrai, President, Space, Training & Cyber Division, Kratos, moderated the panel for Silicon Valley Space Week’s Milsat Symposium strand on October 23. It examined the topic […]
Compliance needs dialogue between both sides
By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week’s Milsat Symposium 2024 opened October 23 with a compelling session (‘Optimized Creation of DoD Compliant Satellite Systems’) and a packed auditorium for its […]
Building and Exploiting Diversity in Collaboration
By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week wrapped its Satellite Innovation sessions with a panel that discussed the benefits of collaboration and how to leverage supplier diversity and technology. Miguel […]
Launch cadence, and rivaling SpaceX
By Chris Forrester Moderator Randy Segal (Partner, Hogan Lovells) said that besides SpaceX there was currently a very limited launch cadence from rivals to SpaceX. Panellists at the Silicon Valley […]
OneWeb, examined in detail
by Chris Forrester A few days ago, a SpaceX rocket launched the final batch of OneWeb satellites into their high orbits, ready to complete the operator’s constellation and provide in-orbit […]
Will SpaceX and Starlink Dominate?
By Chris Forrester Dr Tim Farrar, president of TMF Associates and a well-known industry advisor and commentator, moderated the New Satellite Architectures: On-board Processing, Optical Crosslinks and Interoperability session which […]
MSSA: Aiming for seamless and agnostic roaming
By Chris Forrester Mark Dankberg, Chairman of the Board, CEO, Co-founder, Viasat Inc., and was welcomed as a “real treat” by organiser Silvano Payne of SatNews. Dankberg, addressing delegates at […]
M&A can be hurtful
By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week brought together acknowledged experts in the M&A field and very much focused on space-related activity. Alexis Sáinz, Partner, Hogan Lovells, moderated the session […]