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Last month in Colorado Springs, Colorado, space leaders from around the world convened at the 2023 Space Symposium to examine, discuss, and tackle some of...

Space Force and DISA Turn to SES Space & Defense for WIN-T Satellite Capacity

09 May 2023

The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial SATCOM Communication Office (CSCO) has awarded a five-year Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity (CTC) contract worth $27.54 million to...

Conversations at SATELLITE 2023 Show MILSATCOM and COMSATCOM Converging

05 Apr 2023

Late last month, the Government Satellite Report editorial team had the incredible opportunity to attend the SATELLITE 2023 Conference and Expo. During this annual space and...

Satellite experts discuss how artificial intelligence can accelerate military decision-making in space

30 Mar 2023

As the number of deployed satellites continues to grow at stunning rates, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the military to analyze the deluge of...

The Importance of Multi-Orbit, Multi-Band COMSATCOM for the DoD

23 Mar 2023

In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Bill Milroy, the CTO and Co-Founder of ThinKom, to discuss recent testing...

Industry Demonstrations Show Multi-Orbit, Multi-Band Satellite Comms Within Reach for the U.S. Military

15 Mar 2023

Earlier this month, SES, Hughes, and ThinKom announced that the three companies successfully demonstrated multi-orbit satellite communications capabilities for airborne missions. Leveraging ThinKom’s ThinAir® Ka2517...

Asst. Secretary of Defense Dr. John Plumb on keeping pace in space with China

08 Mar 2023

When the U.S. Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) were ordered to shoot down objects over American airspace earlier this month,...

How NGSO Satellite Delivered Needed Comms Following Hurricane Ian

02 Mar 2023

In late September of last year, one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit America made landfall on the western coast of Florida. Over...

The SES Space & Defense ICT Portal – Meeting Military Transparency and Network Management Requirements for Multi-Domain Operations

08 Feb 2023

In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Ram Rao, the Director of Business Development Engineering, Technologies and Solutions at...

Creating a Unified, Global Satellite Network to Power Joint, Multi-Domain Operations

26 Jan 2023

In a keynote address at the 2022 I/ITSEC Conference, General David W. Allvin, the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, told attendees,...

SESSD Senior Vice President on the state of COMSATCOM in 2022 and what’s in store for 2023

12 Jan 2023

2022 was a groundbreaking year for the COMSATCOM industry. From the deployment of critical satellite communications technologies during the Russian-Ukraine conflict in Eastern Europe, to...

SPACECOM’s Gen. Dickinson examines the path to U.S. space superiority

04 Jan 2023

Last November, Gen. James H. Dickinson, Commander of the U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) joined the Mitchell Institute for a special Schriever Spacepower forum dedicated to...

SES’ government arm changes name and announces new ICT Portal

21 Dec 2022

Last week, SES Government Solutions made two major announcements: that it will begin operating under the new name SES Space & Defense and that the...

Starting the Countdown to O3b mPOWER

15 Dec 2022