Why Starlink’s foray into Indonesia is so important

What Quilty Space identified as a risk for Amazon’s Project Kuiper two years ago is now a concern the U.S. military shares.

Very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, defined as 50cm or better resolution, has historically been a rare and prized resource.

In years past, small countries often financed geostationary satellites under the auspices of national sovereignty.

In a year marked by budget atrophy at NASA, NOAA-OSC, and the Space Force, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) was a notable outlier.

Defense News officially confirmed a long-circulating industry rumor. Raytheon is done chasing SDA prime contracts.

What started as a binary battle between DTD spectrum approaches is increasingly looking like an “and” rather than an “or” outcome.

After watching startups launch dozens to hundreds of small imaging satellites in Low Earth Orbit, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is getting in on the action.

Sierra Space on April 5 announced a trio of satellite platforms meant to meet the needs of any orbit.

Companies are often reluctant to name-drop their competitors, but it’s no secret that virtually every satellite communications operator is squaring up against Starlink.

SpaceX is eyeing another segment of the space economy for disruption.

Netherlands-based IoT innovator, previously known as Magnitude Space, rebranded to "Hiber" in 2017, drawing inspiration from the idea of its modems entering a dormant state akin to “hibernating bears” between signal transmissions.

Among the dozens of meetings the Quilty team conducted at Satellite 2024 in Washington DC last week, one topic emerged more than any other: direct-to-device communications.

On March 12, Japan’s cabinet approved a 10-year fund of $6.7 USD billion (1 trillion yen) to promote satellites, space exploration, and transportation.

On March 1, NASA terminated a $2 billion program to create a refueling satellite, the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1).

India has established itself as a global space power primarily through launch vehicles, navigation, and communications satellites.

f “space is hard” is the industry’s favorite adage, the runner up cliche is that we have a “do nothing Congress.”

Countries that spend heavily on defense almost always, by extension, are space powers, given the high number of dual-use technologies (propulsion, telecom, reconnaissance sensors).