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Rising geopolitical instability is highlighting the strategic value of small satellite system use. In national security and defense operations, resiliency and rapid responsiveness are crucial, particularly in contested theaters. Ukraine’s effective and impactful use of SpaceX’s Starlink terminals across military and NGO efforts clearly demonstrated the value of access to such assets. This success has…

In the face of tariffs and economic uncertainty, investors remain optimistic for the global space economy’s growth trajectory, with ramp-ups in defense spending and more nations making space capabilities a priority. “Despite challenges in the financial markets and in the macro-economic situation, growth in the space economy continues at a super-exponential pace,” says Chad Anderson,…

The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again. On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle-shaped vehicle on the program’s eighth mission next month. The launch of the vehicle, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to occur no earlier than August 21…

In today’s brave new space world, smallsat companies can outsource everything. Launch is a given, and even satellite buses can now be bought off the shelf or rented as part of a space-infrastructure-as-a-service offering. The ground can be outsourced, but as with cloud computing, the simplicity and low cost promised by ground outsourcing doesn’t always…

Europe is actively expanding its defense ambitions, and space is becoming an increasingly strategic part of that vision. Yet the pace of space-based capability development hasn’t always matched the growing demand. With around 55 operational defense-related satellites — compared to the U.S. and China which operate several times that number — Europe has an opportunity…

Back for the second year, Via Satellite recognizes a new class of 25 Rising Stars — a group of young professionals shaping the future of the space and satellite industry. These 25 young professionals nominated by their colleagues are making significant contributions to their companies — whether that’s in engineering, policy and regulation, business development,…

For two years, Col. Raj Agrawal commanded the US military unit responsible for tracking nearly 50,000 human-made objects whipping through space. In this role, he was keeper of the orbital catalog and led teams tasked with discerning whether other countries’ satellites, mainly China and Russia, are peaceful or present a military threat to US forces.…