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KSAT Launches Hyperion Demonstration for In-Orbit Data Relay 

At the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon Valley on February 10, 2026, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) unveiled the Hyperion mission, a pivotal demonstration intended to move its HYPER in-orbit rela [...]

D2D’s Hype Hangover: The Physics Finally Bite Back

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The free drinks at SmallSat Symposium usually signal a celebration, but this year they feel more like a necessity. If 2024 was the year of the press release, earl [...]

Silicon Valley to Aerospace: Code is the New Steel

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Rockets still make a lot of noise, but the revolution visible at the SmallSat Symposium moves silently, digitally, and at the speed of code. For decades “metal  [...]


Space Has a Plumbing Problem, and It’s Getting Expensive

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Rockets function reliably. Satellites roll off assembly lines at scale. Yet the buzz at SmallSat Symposium in Mountain View can’t mask a sobering reality: data  [...]

The New Orbital Guard: Commercial Tech Steps Up as the Pentagon’s Watchtower

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The mood at the SmallSat Symposium has shifted from anxiety to resolve. While previous years were defined by fear of orbital overcrowding, this year marks the mom [...]

The New Space Playbook Faces a Physics Cliff at the Moon

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. For the past decade, the commercial space sector has benefited from a benign era defined by a quiescent sun and the protective magnetosphere of Low Earth Orbit (L [...]

The Commercial Mask Slips: Space is Now a Sovereign Arms Race

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The polite fiction that the commercial space industry exists primarily for crop yields and climate monitoring has ended. During the symposium’s Future of Geospa [...]

From Sandbox to Shield: The SmallSat Industry Grows Up

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. If the mood at past SmallSat Symposiums was defined by exuberant experimentation, this year feels different. The energy has not vanished, but it has matured. Duri [...]

The Space Data Layer is Coming, Just Not as Fast or as Small as You Think

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. Attendees at the SmallSat Symposium might have envisioned a future Space Data Layer as a seamless optical-mesh network capable of near-instant data transmission.  [...]

ULA Targets Operational Acceleration Following Leadership Transition

DENVER, Colorado – In the wake of the sudden departure of long-time President and CEO Tory Bruno, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is moving to stabilize its flight manifest and rebuild […] [...]

The Golden Dome Grinds into Gear: SDA Acting Chief Sovereign over the Supply Chain

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium. The age of PowerPoint architecture has passed. For five years, the Space Development Agency operated as the Pentagon’s rebellious startup, promising to deliver  [...]

From SmallSat Gold Rush to Fortress: The Militarization of Commercial Space

Dispatch from SmallSat Symposium: The era of the slide-deck billionaire is dead. Attendees entering the Small Satellites: Trends and Opportunities session expecting standard futurism about connect [...]

The maiden launch of the Ariane 64, Europe’s most powerful rocket and an emotional countdown

The European space community began an emotional countdown at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, marking the final hours before the maiden flight of the Ariane 64. As the most […]  [...]

iDirect Government Validates live over-the-air (OTA) point-to-point test on DVB-S2X standard

iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a major provider of satellite communications for defense and government sectors, announced a successful live over-the-air (OTA) point-to-point test validating the D [...]

Untrusted Satcom: Dangers for Indian Tele-Education

In early 2026, the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) released a critical analysis regarding the “untethered” expansion of foreign Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations into In [...]

ELCOME Brings Amazon LEO Satellite Connectivity to Maritime Operations

ELCOME, a leading global provider of maritime technology, announced a major authorized reseller agreement with Amazon Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper). This partnership marks a significant ex [...]