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Planet Labs Imposes Indefinite Blackout on Iran Satellite Imagery at U.S. Request

April 5, 2026 / ISR & Reconnaissance

On April 5, 2026, Planet Labs PBC confirmed it has indefinitely suspended the distribution of satellite imagery covering Iran and broader Middle East conflict zones. This policy shift follows a […]

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The Downlink Deficit: The Pentagon’s Optical Mesh Network and the Terrestrial Bottleneck

April 3, 2026 / Defense Budgets & Procurement

The satellite industry has built roughly 10 percent of the optical ground infrastructure it needs. Without 200 to 500 optical ground stations, the Pentagon's $35 billion PWSA and $185 billion Golden Dome programs risk becoming stranded assets — data moves flawlessly in orbit but cannot reach the ground.

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Declassified National Reconnaissance Office Documents Reveal Early Tensions with Space Shuttle Program

April 1, 2026 / ISR & Reconnaissance

New historical analysis by Dwayne Day in The Space Review provides a rare look into the secretive relationship between the National Reconnaissance Office and the early development of the Space […]

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SPARC AI Appoints On-Ground Referral Agent in Ukraine to Accelerate Defense Engagement

March 31, 2026 / Military & Defense

SPARC AI Inc. announced on March 25, 2026, the appointment of an on-ground referral agent based in Ukraine to strengthen the company’s commercial ties with local defense stakeholders. This strategic […]

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Indra Showcases Sovereign Space and Defense Technologies at FIDAE 2026

March 30, 2026 / Military & Defense

Indra has announced its participation in the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) 2026, scheduled to take place from April 7 to 12 in Santiago, Chile. As a leading global […]

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Defense Economics and the European SmallSat Market

March 27, 2026 / Defense Budgets & Procurement

Europe is the only major space power building its smallsat sector on defense procurement rather than venture capital or state industrial policy. The demand signal is institutional, contracted, and accelerating.

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Firefly Aerospace Supports U.S. Space Force VICTUS DIEM Exercise

March 26, 2026 / MILSATCOM

On March 25, 2026, Firefly Aerospace announced its participation in two major responsive space exercises for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as part of the VICTUS DIEM mission. Supporting prime […]

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Dual-Use by Design: Telesat Lightspeed and the End of Civilian Telecom in LEO

March 25, 2026 / LEO Constellations

Telesat’s decision to hardwire 500 MHz of military Ka-band spectrum into Lightspeed’s first 156 satellites resolved a near-term financing crisis. It also created a targeting problem that no commercial service agreement can fix.

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ThinKom Showcases Modular MILSATCOM Architecture for Contested Environments

March 23, 2026 / Ground Segment & Teleports

At the 2026 Satellite Show in Washington, D.C., ThinKom Solutions, Inc. details its roadmap for high-mobility ground architecture designed to address the vulnerabilities of static satellite command centers. During a […]

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The Pentagon’s SmallSats Have An Amnesia Problem

March 20, 2026 / Military & Defense

The aerospace and defense industry has universally accepted that the future of orbital superiority lies in proliferated, software-defined constellations. The mandate from the Space Development Agency (SDA), with support from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), is clear: move away from vulnerable, exquisite "battlestars" and build agile, interconnected data networks in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). But while our architectural theory has evolved, the hardware foundation we are building it on is trapped in a dangerous compromise.

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