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Europe’s D2D spectrum: a strategic autonomy test against U.S. pressure
In Orbit - this week Europe's D2D debate is moving beyond who can sell satellite service to who controls the system behind it. Deutsche…
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Building the space supply chain: CSG’s $434m foothold in MDA
In Orbit - this week Space supply chains are being assembled through ownership, materials and shared infrastructure, not just new…
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D2D’s wholesale contest as SpaceX gets 15,000-satellite approval
In Orbit - this week Satellite mobile competition is shifting from putting capacity into orbit to controlling how it reaches customers.…
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Starship reached orbit. Is space deployment scalable again?
In Orbit - this week Space's scale problem has moved beyond the factory floor. Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink V3…
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Spectrum reshapes the satellite stack as GEO orders rebound
In Orbit - this week Spectrum has moved from operating constraint to industrial catalyst. The FCC’s plan to auction 160 MHz of upper C-band…
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Europe enters build mode as Eutelsat turns sovereignty into orders
In Orbit - this week Europe’s sovereign-space strategy shifted from policy to production this week. Eutelsat committed to 229 more OneWeb…
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Policy splits, supply chains converge: Amazon Leo doubles down on Ariane 6
In Orbit - this week Transatlantic space policy is fragmenting just as commercial infrastructure becomes more interdependent. Major US…
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Sovereignty gets a buyer: Open Cosmos enters TacSys
In Orbit - this week Sovereign space capability moved closer to an operating model this week. Open Cosmos entering the UK’s TacSys…
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Real-time space infrastructure arrives as Kepler commercialises its optical relays
In Orbit - this week Space infrastructure moved further into real-time operations this week, away from isolated demonstrations and toward…
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Interoperability moves into orbit as Space Force builds the network layer
In Orbit - this week Interoperability stopped being a talking point this week and started looking like funded architecture. The Space…
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Capacity needs funding as IRIS2 grows and Golden Dome hits a budget wall
In Orbit - this week Strategic capacity is moving into build mode faster than its funding model is stabilizing. Europe’s decision to expand…
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The market splits as AST opens Japan and Hughes pays the GEO price
In Orbit - this week The market looked less like a single growth story this week and more like a sorting mechanism. AST SpaceMobile's start…
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Policy moves faster: mission approval and launch rules reset the clock
In Orbit - this week Policy is starting to move at operational speed, and that is becoming a market variable in its own right. The Office…
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Access is tightening as SpaceX freezes future rideshare capacity
In Orbit - this week Access is tightening across the satellite market, and the constraint is showing up in multiple layers at once.…
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D2D meets reality as timelines slip and spectrum constraints bite
In Orbit - this week D2D has moved past proof of concept and into deployment reality. The question is no longer whether standard devices…
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Regional connectivity formalizes as filings and gateways reshape the map
In Orbit - this week Regional connectivity is moving from broad coverage ambition to formal network geography. South Korea's K-Starlink…
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Service-layer control sharpens as Rocket Lab buys Iridium
In Orbit - this week Service-layer control is becoming the real prize. Rocket Lab's $8 billion acquisition of Iridium is the clearest…
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Sovereign space takes shape with Jio’s Indian LEO play
In Orbit - this week Sovereignty is moving from rhetoric into system design. Jio's sovereign LEO plan combines leased near-term capacity…
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Operational infrastructure hardens as Gilat bets on the ground segment
In Orbit - this week The clearest signal this week is that space competition is hardening around operational infrastructure. Arianespace’s…
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Space moats appear downstream as scale shifts below orbit
In Orbit - this week This week the FCC has started its review process for Amazon's $10.8 billion move on Globalstar seeking comments on the…
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