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Chris Forrester — The giant Barcelona Mobile World Congress was this year as buoyant and spectacular as ever with some 100,000 delegates filling the show’s aisles and occupying hotel rooms […]
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SatNews Editorial Analysis Before we dream of floating data centers, we must understand why the SmallSat is the only laboratory that matters. Welcome to The Fractal Lab: a three-part series on […]
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SYDNEY — In a statement released Thursday, February 19, 2026, NBN Co launched an industry consultation on wholesale pricing for its upcoming residential Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service, powered […]
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In a statement released Wednesday, February 18, 2026, MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) announced it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to become an authorized provider of […]
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Addressing the critical challenge of increasing orbital congestion, SpaceX has officially unveiled “Stargaze,” a novel Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system designed to enhance the safety of the low Earth orbit […]
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Targeting the growing gap in data regarding on-the-go satellite internet usage, TRIO Flatmount released its 2026 Mobile Starlink Survey on February 17. The report, which compiled data from approximately 600 […]
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On February 17, 2026, Kepler Communications announced the selection of Kongsberg NanoAvionics (“NanoAvionics”) as its preferred European satellite bus provider for upcoming hosted payload initiatives. The partnership targets spacecraft with […]
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. If there was any doubt that the center of gravity in the commercial space sector has shifted from venture capital speculation to kinetic necessity, that doubt was shattered by the final session, Smallsats at the Tactical Edge - Hybrid ISR and Defense Integration. SmallSat Symposium this year was no longer about democratization for the sake of access. It is about survival, deterrence, and the industrialization of the kill chain.
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The era of cheap, plentiful, and diverse access to space was supposed to be here by now. Instead, the industry arrived at the 2026 SmallSat Symposium only to find itself trapped in a bottleneck of its own making.
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Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The free drinks at SmallSat Symposium usually signal a celebration, but this year they feel more like a necessity. If 2024 was the year of the press release, early 2026 is the year of the hangover. Breathless promises of ubiquitous, high-speed connectivity from space have collided with a formidable wall of physics, finance, and federal regulation.
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