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• Rachel Jewett
SatPort Infrastructure will develop, build and host landing stations that connect Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation to terrestrial networks. The companies signed a master services agreement on Sept. 15, establishing SatPort as a ground-infrastructure provider for Lightspeed’s planned connectivity architecture.
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More than three months after SpaceX’s industry-shaking IPO, satellite broadband operators are assessing its far-reaching and mixed effects. The market response is adding pressure to evaluate competitive positioning, financing conditions and long-term strategy across the satellite communications sector.
SatPort Infrastructure will develop, build and host landing stations that connect Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite constellation to terrestrial networks. The companies signed a master services agreement on Sept. 15, establishing SatPort as a ground-infrastructure provider for Lightspeed’s planned connectivity architecture.
Intuitive Machines is evaluating how satellite capabilities obtained through an acquisition could support its entry into the emerging orbital data center market. The effort would extend the company’s commercial space portfolio beyond its existing activities and position it around a nascent space-infrastructure opportunity.
Galileo has demonstrated authenticated civil positioning and ranging for the first time in civil tests, with five satellites transmitting encrypted signal components. The capability is intended to help users verify that navigation data is genuine as spoofing threats increasingly challenge confidence in satellite-based positioning.
Viasat and Poland’s Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have signed a letter of intent to examine cooperation on advanced military satellite communications, ground infrastructure and broader space capabilities. The agreement, signed Sept. 16, 2026, could establish a framework for future collaboration between the U.S. provider and Poland’s defense group.
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Hisdesat has contracted Airbus to build SpainSat NG-III, replacing SpainSat NG-II and completing Spain’s secure communications architecture. The award underscores continued European investment in sovereign satellite communications infrastructure and follows broader regional activity around secure connectivity networks.
High activity
EnduroSat’s $205 million funding round helped push European NewSpace investment above €1 billion in September, following major raises by Open Cosmos and The Exploration Company. The company also won a Vantor contract with CACI to build the Pulse smallsat fleet, underscoring Europe’s shift from capital formation to industrial execution.
The U.S. Space Force has named its ground moving target indication program and selected Northrop Grumman as its prime contractor. Separately, the service plans to issue its first operational space domain awareness contracts to commercial firms “very soon,” Col. Timothy Tremailo said.
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