{"id":66128,"date":"2018-02-12T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/what-will-it-take-to-unleash-newspace-in-india\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:47:02","slug":"what-will-it-take-to-unleash-newspace-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/what-will-it-take-to-unleash-newspace-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"What Will It Take to Unleash NewSpace in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India captured the world\u2019s attention last February, when its national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), broke a record for launching the most payloads in a single mission at 104. The feat was a testament to how far India has progressed its space program in recent years, proving itself to be as consistent and reliable (if not more so) as countries like Russia or the United States, which pioneered spaceflight all those decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, unlike the U.S., where the domestic commercial space industry has blossomed, India\u2019s private space companies have been relegated to the outskirts. There is no Indian equivalent of SpaceX, or Boeing, or any of the other companies that have become mainstays in the global space economy. Instead, India has just a smattering of small and medium-sized enterprises, which have languished in ISRO\u2019s shadow for years. Now, though, that could all be changing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Y94FYhiRhmObJurtFOyq_01_VS_030118_Cover_DGTL-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Y94FYhiRhmObJurtFOyq_01_VS_030118_Cover_DGTL-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Y94FYhiRhmObJurtFOyq_01_VS_030118_Cover_DGTL-1-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Y94FYhiRhmObJurtFOyq_01_VS_030118_Cover_DGTL-1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Y94FYhiRhmObJurtFOyq_01_VS_030118_Cover_DGTL-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the March 2018 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Last November, ISRO went public with its plans to launch 60 satellites over the next five years. On its own, ISRO could likely never achieve such lofty ambitions; it simply doesn\u2019t have the manpower or resources. The volume alone is extraordinary. These are <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">not<\/em> smallsats \u2014 these are full-sized, one-ton Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) spacecraft, and they will require a significant amount of time, expertise and investment to manufacture and launch, particularly because ISRO\u2019s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is expended after each mission.<\/p>\n<p>So to achieve this rapid cadence of development, ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar has invited private Indian companies to bid to manufacture up to half of ISRO\u2019s requirements \u2014 at least 30 satellites. By February 2018, ISRO will select four or five companies to build the spacecraft and intends to launch the first handful by next year. ISRO has also coalesced a consortium of private firms to help assemble new PSLVs, the first of which is scheduled to launch in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to Narayan Prasad, who heads the NewSpace India think tank, this is a huge step change from how ISRO has operated in years past. For the last three decades, he says, the way the organization interfaced with private firms was fairly one-dimensional: ISRO engineers would develop a new Intellectual Property (IP), then share that knowledge with companies and teach them how to test for quality and reliability. Once the company made the capital investment to produce the IP on their own, ISRO would then buy back the product or service for their own use. This is how the majority of component suppliers in India were born between the 1970s and now, Prasad says.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a697140424ae;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a697140424ae = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a697140424af').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a697140424af'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But the relationship between government and commercial space began and ended there. For the most part, ISRO has avoided relying on private space companies because it is incredibly (and arguably, overly) cautious about risk. \u201cThe government wants to remain as low risk as possible. It does not want to lose any satellites or rockets in the process. This is one of the reasons this is such a step-by-step mechanism. The risk aversion is extremely high because they don\u2019t want to lose face in the public,\u201d Prasad says.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, ISRO\u2019s requests are somewhat limited: \u201cISRO has started outsourcing the entire satellite assembly, but the problem is this is only the assembly. It is not the conceptual design of a mission, it\u2019s not \u2026 the architecture of the whole satellite bus and so on. It\u2019s essentially taking subsystems from different vendors and already established IPs from ISRO and putting them all together in your own facility without knowing what is inside each of those boxes,\u201d Prasad says.<\/p>\n<p>This dearth of support from the government has left India as one of the few advanced space-faring regions without a strong NewSpace industry. \u201cThe industry in any country will only grow so far as the government wants it to,\u201d Prasad says. \u201cIn India, there has been no will at the moment for a SpaceX to emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are so few burgeoning space startups in India, in fact, that you could probably count them on one hand. There\u2019s SatSure, a company that uses agricultural data to improve the insurance market, and Bellatrix Aerospace, which is developing orbital launch vehicles and electric propulsion systems for satellites. India also had a group (Team Indus) participating in the Google Lunar X Prize race to land a rover on the Moon \u2014 but they\u2019ve recently dropped out because they were unable to raise enough funds to keep their launch contract with ISRO.<\/p>\n<p>Team Indus\u2019 fate gets right to the heart of the issue, it seems, which is that young space enterprises in India exist in a vacuum of capital. Entrepreneurs in the United States and Europe can easily pitch their ideas to multiple private firms; in 2017 alone, venture capitalists pumped more than $2 billion into the global space industry, reports investment firm Space Angel. But none of those funds went directly to NewSpace companies in India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them have raised money through high net worth individuals and so on, but you\u2019re not seeing a Bessemer Ventures partner or someone like that who has invested in a NewSpace company in India today,\u201d Prasad says. \u201cUnlike in the U.S. or other markets, although the Indian space ecosystem is more or less mature, you don\u2019t see the maturity in capital availability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same could be said about support from the Indian government. In the United States, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)&nbsp;program has proved a critical conduit of capital injection for some of the biggest next-generation space companies today, including Kymeta and Vector Space Systems. The European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) nearly two dozen business incubation centers function similarly, providing startups the financial and educational support they need to grow.<\/p>\n<p>India, on the other hand, has yet to evolve beyond the IP buy-back scheme ISRO has relied on since the 1970s. This places entrepreneurs in a precarious position: if they\u2019re really intent on kicking off a new space company, they\u2019re more or less on their own. \u201cI think most people who work in India in space, at least in the private sector, must be out of their minds or extremely passionate,\u201d Prasad jokes.<\/p>\n<p>In order for its NewSpace community to really take off, he says, the country needs major institutional changes and new frameworks that can nurture space startups into successful businesses. But he\u2019s optimistic that Antrix, ISRO\u2019s commercial arm, can use its large revenue stream to kick off a startup incubation program in the next two or three years.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a697140429c5;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a697140429c5 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a697140429c6').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a697140429c6'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tragic irony of it all is that India has huge addressable markets in which a savvy satellite company could thrive. Much like other rural geographies, internet penetration in the country is relatively low at just over a quarter of the population. Satellite, which is ideal for regions where building out terrestrial infrastructure is prohibitively expensive, could help bring the rest of the Indian population online. \u201cIf you provide today $10 internet to these rural portions, you have a market of 700 million people you can address. There are a lot of these kinds of bottom-up perspectives, which really shows you how big the potential is for the market, but it\u2019s going untapped,\u201d Prasad says.<\/p>\n<p>In the same vein, simply due to its massive population India is one of the busiest travel markets in the world. According to the CAPA Center of Aviation, the country\u2019s Civil Aviation Ministry intends to maintain 500 operational airports by 2020. The steadily increasing stream of commercial aircraft passengers could be a juicy target for operators that can offer In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services via satellite. Unfortunately, nobody has captured India as a credible downstream market just yet, says Prasad, which would attract foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the problem is that there seems to be little awareness about the market opportunities within the country. Few analysts have done deep dives on the topic, akin to the Satellite Industry Association\u2019s (SIA) comprehensive industry report on the United States and broader global market. This leaves a lot of important questions unanswered: \u201cWhat is the size of the Indian market? Historically, how big has it been? What are its requirements? Where are the gaps? What is the ground equipment market doing? Nobody has actually done any exercise on this,\u201d Prasad says. \u201cTraditionally people have just been interested in larger markets like the U.S. This is one of the reasons why NewSpace in India has flattened out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India has a reputation for its strong aerospace and IT community, which could act as a launching pad for NewSpace ambitions down the line. And Bangalore \u2014 \u201cthe Silicon Valley of the East,\u201d as it is sometimes called \u2014 could become a thriving hub for space startups due to its low cost of living and well-regarded tech institutes. Still, what India needs most is a proper foundation from the government to support commercial NewSpace endeavors, Prasad says. \u201cWith no particular, dedicated, independent space commerce assessment body for space-related activities or a dedicated road map within ISRO for commercial space in India, there is a need to establish an Office of Space Commerce that is independent of ISRO,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407278:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZmVUz4z0T7mijICUJEff_Shotwell_2017-300x201.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZmVUz4z0T7mijICUJEff_Shotwell_2017-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZmVUz4z0T7mijICUJEff_Shotwell_2017-800x537.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZmVUz4z0T7mijICUJEff_Shotwell_2017-640x430.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZmVUz4z0T7mijICUJEff_Shotwell_2017.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t2017 Satellite Executive of the Year: Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO, SpaceX<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407286:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vfRNJrssQUS4nzcAbXfO_LM_1-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vfRNJrssQUS4nzcAbXfO_LM_1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vfRNJrssQUS4nzcAbXfO_LM_1-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vfRNJrssQUS4nzcAbXfO_LM_1-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vfRNJrssQUS4nzcAbXfO_LM_1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t2019 Shapes Up as US Government\u2019s Defense Strategy Evolves<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407345:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wc9NqGRuQaYxVEBL5sn6_EdNote_Header_Web-300x167.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wc9NqGRuQaYxVEBL5sn6_EdNote_Header_Web-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wc9NqGRuQaYxVEBL5sn6_EdNote_Header_Web-800x446.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wc9NqGRuQaYxVEBL5sn6_EdNote_Header_Web-640x357.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wc9NqGRuQaYxVEBL5sn6_EdNote_Header_Web.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t30 Years of Satellite Executive of the Year<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407332:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/u3RcLfFjSGSSCHlzMzmg_ThinkstockPhotos-898366464-300x169.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/u3RcLfFjSGSSCHlzMzmg_ThinkstockPhotos-898366464-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/u3RcLfFjSGSSCHlzMzmg_ThinkstockPhotos-898366464-800x449.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/u3RcLfFjSGSSCHlzMzmg_ThinkstockPhotos-898366464-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/u3RcLfFjSGSSCHlzMzmg_ThinkstockPhotos-898366464.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tA Sobering Look at the Future Role of HTS Systems for 5G<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407325:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2zu7rORRCeJo3nWuVVcj_ThinkstockPhotos-901089186-300x250.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2zu7rORRCeJo3nWuVVcj_ThinkstockPhotos-901089186-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2zu7rORRCeJo3nWuVVcj_ThinkstockPhotos-901089186-800x667.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2zu7rORRCeJo3nWuVVcj_ThinkstockPhotos-901089186-640x534.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2zu7rORRCeJo3nWuVVcj_ThinkstockPhotos-901089186.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tConceptualizing the Transition to 5G Beyond Speeds and Standards<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407296:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXrQ11ADRtaMxiwt39dw_jaya_v6-300x231.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXrQ11ADRtaMxiwt39dw_jaya_v6-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXrQ11ADRtaMxiwt39dw_jaya_v6-800x616.png 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXrQ11ADRtaMxiwt39dw_jaya_v6-640x493.png 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tXrQ11ADRtaMxiwt39dw_jaya_v6.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tKPN CISO Examines the Cyber Threat<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407306:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7yGs9BcyRHOa35dhtm4m_LEO_MEO-1-300x190.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7yGs9BcyRHOa35dhtm4m_LEO_MEO-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7yGs9BcyRHOa35dhtm4m_LEO_MEO-1-800x507.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7yGs9BcyRHOa35dhtm4m_LEO_MEO-1-640x406.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7yGs9BcyRHOa35dhtm4m_LEO_MEO-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tLEO\/MEO Satellites Poised to Make a Mark in Military Sector<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 407361:  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