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Taylor Jordan told World Space Business Week that NOAA's new 10-year commercial data vehicle carries a $2.35 billion ceiling. The agency's solicitation and award notices cite only the $8 billion shared across ProTech 2.0.
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The outgoing director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau said at World Space Business Week in Paris that he expects the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference to produce a regulatory framework for direct-to-device services in mobile bands. The GSMA counts 151 operators with satellite services live, in testing or planned, and no settled business model.
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On Sept. 23, 2026, satellite communications provider Viasat announced that its subsidiary, Inmarsat Government, Inc., received the Marine Enterprise Commercial Satcom Satellite Services (MECS2) contract from the U.S. Space Force […]
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On Sept. 21, 2026, space market intelligence firm Novaspace released market data confirming that commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite orders reached 14 spacecraft announced year-to-date. The figure marks a recovery […]
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On Sept. 21, 2026, space operations provider SSC Space signed a multi-year contract with Airbus Defence and Space to serve as the prime ground segment provider for the Pléiades Neo […]
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On Sept. 20, 2026, evaluations of satellite communications technology confirmed that space-based laser communications and optical inter-satellite links (OISL) are transitioning from experimental flight demonstrations to operational network deployments. As […]
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On Sept. 15, 2026, satellite audio operator SiriusXM confirmed that its SXM-11 geostationary communications satellite completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. Built by Intuitive Machines on its IM […]
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On Sept. 15, 2026, U.S. Space Force officials confirmed that the service is allowing SpaceX to define the satellite count and constellation architecture for the $2.29 billion Space Data Network […]
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On Sept. 17, 2026, satellite bus manufacturer EnduroSat closed a $205 million Series B financing round to fund production scaling and expand its operational footprint into the United States defense […]
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On Sept. 17, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) initiated the next technology development phase for the European Union’s Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnection and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) multi-orbit constellation. […]
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