By Bill Milroy, Defense Opinion Writer. Space-based communications are now as fundamental to military operations as fuel and ...

SpaceX’s military counterpart to Starlink, known as the Space Force’s Secret 480-Satellite MILNET, is rapidly expanding and encroaching on civilian satellite operations as of October 2025. This ...

Barely launched, the Spanish military satellite SpainSat NG-2 was hit during its transit to geostationary orbit. This unexpected collision is already affecting its ability to provide ...

Finnish vendor ICEYE and Wojskowe Zakłady Łączności No 1, an offshoot of Poland’s state-run defense group PGZ, are developing a new satellite constellation for the Polish military. (ICEYE) WARSAW, ...

The first artificial satellite put into orbit was Sputnik I. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, more than 10 years before the U.S. put a man on the moon. It was only about the size of a ...

Government funded constellation to support Canada and North America defence and security with significantly enhanced ability to conduct sovereignty operations in the Arctic BRAMPTON, ON, Dec. 9, 2025 ...

The rise of peer adversaries and new offensive weapons is changing communications requirements from military command headquarters to the warfighting edge. That brings an increased need for secure, ...

OTTAWA, Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telesat (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, today announced a strategic partnership agreement among ...

In recent months, space has become an increasingly contested domain. Unusual orbital behavior by a Russian military satellite—seen repeatedly approaching foreign government and commercial satellites..

"Close to the end of the third stage [burn], we are seeing a little more disturbance in the vehicle roll rates, and subsequently, there is a deviation observed in the flight path." When you purchase ...

DENVER - Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up - all possibly ...