Why your Satellite Network's Protocol Stack matters more than you think

On February 12, 2026 at 1:45 p.m. local time (4:45 p.m. UTC, 5:45 p.m. CET), Arianespace successfully launched 32 Amazon Leo satellites with Ariane 64 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The satellites were delivered to a low Earth orbit, at an altitude of approximately 465 km. The mission lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes, from lift-off to separation of all the satellites.

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command System Delta 80 and its mission partners successfully completed a National Security Space Launch after a pre-dawn liftoff at 4:22 a.m. EST (1:22 a.m. PST) today aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Satellites are capturing more Earth observation data than ever, but limited bandwidth means only a fraction makes it back to Earth in time to be useful.

It’s been an eventful year for space – but 2026 might be more eventful still

Eutelsat announces that it has signed a €1bn Export Credit Agency (ECA) financing for the procurement of LEO satellites for its OneWeb constellation.

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners are preparing USSF-87 as its next mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The mission will launch using a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41.

Eutelsat and unconnected.org, a global non-profit organization focused on delivering “Meaningful Internet For All”, have entered into a partnership to expand access to community Wi-Fi across Africa leveraging Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT KONNECT high-throughput satellite.

SatService GmbH, a Germany-based provider of advanced satellite ground systems and a subsidiary of Calian Group, announced it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany, represented by the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, to deliver an advanced, full-service Q/V-band satellite ground station in support of scientific and modern military satellite communications (SATCOM).

Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Simera Sense, a leading provider of optical payloads and data analytics for satellite Earth observation.