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So many of the services we all depend on today are powered by space communications. Just think about it – bank ATMs and gas stations, air traffic safety, smartphones and GPS just to name a few. Without space the world economy, in many ways, turns back half a century in time.
For some time now, we

Late last year Northern Sky Research released the 13th edition of its Government and Military Satellite Communications report. This annual report is the longest-running on the government & military satellite communications market, providing a much anticipated view of the drivers, regional trends, and capacity demands of the market through 2024.
NSR Senior Analyst Brad Grady spoke

The SatCom Frontier editorial team and everyone at Intelsat General Corp. would like to take this opportunity to send our best wishes for the Holiday Season to our online readers and visitors. You have been a large part of our success in 2016.
A special thanks and best wishes also goes to America’s military. At any

Satellite communications have never been more vital to the security of the United States, or under such assault. Recent increases in aggressive and targeted interference have put the continuous connectivity of U.S. government satellite communications in question.
NBC News recently ran a story that called space the “next cybersecurity battlefield.” In the story, the network references

The U.S. Department of Defense continues to look to the private sector for ways to encourage innovation. This is a welcome initiative that we have commented on previously, and we applaud the leadership of Defense Secretary Ash Carter in this area.
Earlier this month, Defense One reported on recommendations from the Defense Innovation Board, made up

By Ruben Marentes, Director, Intelsat Network Operations Center
When all is going smoothly, the job of making sure Intelsat customers are able to transmit and receive voice, video and data through our global satellite and ground network doesn’t draw much attention. Thinking about it probably conjures an image of Intelsat engineers sipping coffee as they

Antony Allen Vraa sounded the alarm for a shortfall in bandwidth needed for the U.S. military, then added why the alarm can’t be answered any time soon. Vraa, wideband satellite communications subject matter expert for the Joint Staff J6, which serves the Chairman in the development of C4 capability requirements, outlined the growing need at

Like sentries, satellites never sleep. Commercial satellites are always ready to support the soldier, the pilot, the seaman with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as Global Positioning System data to paint a picture of the enemy and of assets available to defeat it.
“You can use space to find targets, analyze movement and do all

When John Raymond left Air Force Space Command for a new assignment in 2010, he was a one-star general leaving behind a relatively stable strategic environment. Space capabilities at the time were focused on technologies that could support the warfighter on Earth. Space itself was not viewed as a potential battlefield in its own right.
On

Skeptics abounded in 1963 when Joseph Charyk went looking for investors and customers for the new, quasi-private Communications Satellite Corp. (COMSAT). The company came into being when President Kennedy signed legislation designating COMSAT to represent the United States in the nascent international satellite realm.
With Sputnik having launched just six years earlier, satellite technology was in