“It’s a GEO, Jim, but not as we know it”
Chris Forrester — There were more than a few episodes of Star Trek when seemingly Mr Spock would tell Captain Kirk of that week’s challenge that the life form wasn’t […]
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NBN Co Unveils LEO Wholesale Pricing to Protect Market Share from Starlink
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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Marlink Integrates Microsoft ExpressRoute for Managed Cloud Connectivity
OSLO and PARIS — In an announcement on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Marlink confirmed it will deliver direct, secure global access to cloud services through the Microsoft ExpressRoute program. This […]
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Loft Orbital and SmartSat CRC Partner to Deploy Edge-AI Wildfire Detection Application
On February 18, 2026, Loft Orbital (Loft) announced a strategic contract with the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat CRC) to deploy a software-defined wildfire detection application onto Loft’s existing on-orbit […]
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EUSPA Selects Thales Alenia Space to Develop EGNSS Service Demonstrator
On February 12, 2026, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) awarded a framework contract to Thales Alenia Space to oversee the design, development, and deployment of the […]
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China Completes In-Orbit Testing of “Three-Body” AI Computing Constellation
February 16, 2026 — China has successfully concluded nine months of orbital testing for its “Three-Body” Computing Constellation, marking a significant milestone in the shift toward autonomous orbital edge computing. […]
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JAXA Awards Rakuten Mobile $71.9 Million to Advance Satellite-Terrestrial 5G Integration
February 16, 2026 — Rakuten Mobile, Inc. and the University of Tokyo have been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to lead a major research and development project […]
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LMT Group and Sateliot Partner with ESA to Advance Dual-Mode 5G Satellite IoT
February 16, 2026 — LMT Group and Spanish satellite operator Sateliot have launched a 12-month joint initiative with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a universal dual-mode IoT module. […]
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70,000 Satellites, One Big Bottleneck: The Industry Wakes Up to the Data Trap
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Novaspace Partner Nathan De Ruiter presented staggering figures. Opening the floor with an exclusive forecast, he predicted that 70,000 small satellites launching over the next decade will represent an investment of roughly $134 billion. Yet the mechanism for getting those satellites’ data back to Earth remains archaic, fragmented, and dangerously slow. We have entered the era of the Data Trap, where terabytes of potential insight perish in orbit because the physical pipe to the ground is too narrow.
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SES Executive Confirms End of the 15-Year Satellite Era
Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Taking the stage, Dr. Bryan Benedict, Senior Director of Innovation at SES Space & Defense, dismantled rather than defended the legacy model. He described the merger between satellite giants SES and Intelsat that created a fleet of over 100 operational spacecraft not as a strategic power play but as a tactic necessary for survival.
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