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
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
Satellite terminal advancements enabling a revolution in space
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Jason Stephens of GetSat and Mike Blefko of SES... Read More
Smaller terminals, higher throughputs combine to enable true comms on the move
Almost every new military vehicle, platform, or system that is created is in some way network-enabled. Whether the concept is to generate... Read More
A new space age means more space debris
As traditional satellite providers launch new satellites into Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) – and as new entrants... Read More
PODCAST: The revolutionary ABMS IDIQ and what it means for military satellite acquisition
In November of 2020, the Air Force selected SES Government Solutions (SES GS) to provide the satellite services necessary to power the... Read More
The role of next-gen satellite in powering the Air Force’s ABMS Program
SES Government Solutions recently announced that the company was selected to enable the U.S Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). The... Read More
Don’t call it a comeback – hosted payloads have been here for years
A little less than a year ago, Space News’ Debra Werner took a detailed look at hosted payloads in an article entitled,... Read More