Moving the Terminal from the Ground to Space – How COMSATCOM Will Enable the NASA Communications Services Project
As NASA lays the groundwork for the decommissioning of its legacy, agency-owned and operated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the... Read More
Terminal Tests Show Multi-Orbit, Integrated Satellite Architecture is Well Within Reach
For years, every government and military event and conference that featured a satellite panel discussion or keynote address would regale attendees with... Read More
Securing commercial satellites against growing adversarial threats
On February 24, 2022, the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, commercial satellite internet provider, Viasat, experienced a mass outage of... Read More
Why Satellite as a Service is the Future of Government SATCOM
One of the most pervasive technology trends of the past decade has been the shift away from purchasing physical IT assets, and... Read More
Recent testing by Hughes and SES shows switching signals between GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites no longer science fiction
In September of 2021, SES and Hughes announced that they had successfully utilized the Hughes Resource Management System to seamlessly switch signals... Read More
U.S. Army Tests Multi-Orbit Solutions Leveraging MEO Capabilities Amid SES’ Upcoming O3b mPOWER Launch
SES GS supports the U.S. Army in conducting a series of cutting-edge trials and testing of commercial satellite constellations in multiple orbits,... Read More
Steve Kitay of Microsoft Azure Space on the increasing integration between space and the cloud
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Steve Kitay, the Senior Director of Azure Space at... Read More
Steve Kitay of Microsoft Azure Space explains why the path to the cloud passes through space
The past decade has witnessed a massive change in the role and importance of technology, applications, and network-enabled devices in the government.... Read More
Scalable, available, secure, and assured. Boeing’s Ryan Reid on why the military can trust mPOWER
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we featured part one of an exclusive two-part interview with Ryan Reid, the... Read More
Ryan Reid of Boeing explains what makes the mPOWER spacecraft revolutionary
Last month, SES and Boeing held a VIP “sneak peek” and unveiling of their soon-to-be-completed O3b mPOWER satellites. When payload integration and... Read More
