The Starlink system plays a significant role in Ukraine's defense By Erin Banco and Joey Roulette, ReutersPublished by The Straits Times, 24 October 2026 WASHINGTON – Well before the throttling in October of Ukraine’s military access to Elon Musk’s satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times
A man offers residents in Kherson, Ukraine, the use of his Starlink internet after a Russian strike. Image:BBC By Tiffany Wertheimer, Published by The BBC, 25 October 2026 Ukraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink network
Snapshot of the some 11,000 Starlink satellites on orbit as of Sept. 21, 2026 using LeoLab's free online tool for visualizing objects in low Earth orbit. (Screenshot from LeoLab's visualization tool) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 23 September 2026 Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX's ability to
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2026. | John Raoux/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 22 October 2026 Other rocket-makers have faced delays getting their vehicles up and running, leaving the Pentagon in a bind.
The Starshield system plays a significant role in Ukraine's defense By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 22 October 2026 “Ukraine needs secure, sovereign and high-performance satellite communications systems that it controls." Ukraine wants its own satellite-communication system, which shouldn't be surprising given the events of the past week or so.
Iceye SAR image of the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, taken in early September 2024. Credit: Iceye By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 21 October 2026 "I think it's just more a matter of demonstrating military prowess in a manner that the Ukrainians cannot respond to." A Russian satellite just
ICEYE Satellite image. (ICEYE) By Todd Smith, Published by Air and Space Forces, 21 October 2026 Over a two-week period beginning in late September and culminating in mid-October, a Russian satellite maneuvered dangerously close to a commercial Finnish satellite currently providing intelligence to the Ukrainian military. The apparent provocation has
By Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 16 October 2026 Guillaume Faury writes to Andy Burnham warning him against choosing US firm Lockheed Martin to build Skynet satellites The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the
