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In late June of this year, SES announced that its latest satellite in Geostationary orbit (GEO) – SES-17 – was fully operational following months of...

Will the U.S. military shift away from WGS satellite in favor of NGSO solutions?

17 Aug 2022

In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we featured part one of our two-part interview with Jon Bennett, Vice President for Government Affairs,...

SES GS demonstrates emerging NGSO satellite solutions to Congress

10 Aug 2022

When Congress passed FY22’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), there was one critical component of the bill that caught the attention of commercial satellite providers...

U.S. Air Force Assistant Secretary Calvelli shares his top 5 space acquisition priorities

13 Jul 2022

Last month, the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration (SAF/SQ), Frank Calvelli, joined the Mitchell Institute for a...

SES-17 Fully Operational – Offering Glimpse into the Future of Military Satellite Networks

27 Jun 2022

Late last week, SES announced that its newest geostationary Ka-band satellite, SES-17, is fully operational. Following months of in-orbit raising and successful in-orbit testing, the...

Rep. Jim Cooper on reestablishing deterrence capabilities in the space domain

09 Jun 2022

As U.S. adversaries continue to signal their intent to achieve superiority in the space domain, the American government and military must continue to invest and...

3 Considerations for Choosing the Best NGSO Satellite Solution

01 Jun 2022

In December of last year, Congress passed its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022. This annual piece of legislation serves to establish...

TROJAN – Bringing Commercial Innovation to Army Intelligence Satellite Requirements

25 May 2022

Earlier this month, SES Government Solutions (SES GS) announced that it had been awarded the U.S. Government TROJAN follow-on contract to provide satellite services in...

Moving the Terminal from the Ground to Space – How COMSATCOM Will Enable the NASA Communications Services Project

18 May 2022

As NASA lays the groundwork for the decommissioning of its legacy, agency-owned and operated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the agency is also...

U.S. government awards TROJAN contract to SES GS

17 May 2022

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has been awarded a U.S. government TROJAN follow-on contract to support U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) for up...

NASA Selects SES Government Solutions to Support Near-Earth Communications

10 May 2022

SES Government Solutions (SES GS), in partnership with Planet Labs (Planet), has been awarded a Funded Space Act Agreement from NASA’s Communications Services Project (CSP)...

Terminal Tests Show Multi-Orbit, Integrated Satellite Architecture is Well Within Reach

27 Apr 2022

For years, every government and military event and conference that featured a satellite panel discussion or keynote address would regale attendees with a relatively similar...

Commercial X-Band Managed Services the Key to On-Demand Resilient Comms

21 Apr 2022

At a recent Mitchell Spaceflight Institute Spacepower Forum, the Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, explained that...

Securing commercial satellites against growing adversarial threats

13 Apr 2022