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Swissto12's micro‑GEO push: flexible payloads and the sovereign‑space case

Swissto12 CEO Emile de Rijk outlines the company's cutting‑edge payload technology and a micro‑GEO approach that prioritizes smaller, reconfigurable geostationary platforms. He presents flexible, modular satellites as a route to rapid capability delivery and to compete with larger GEO incumbents while meeting sovereign-space needs.

2026-03-09T13:53:00.218450-07:00

Space Intel Report

SpaceX targets March 9 EchoStar launch as EchoStar's Ergen backs $1-trillion-plus valuation; NSIL sues for contract breach

2026-03-09T13:41:17.204792-07:00

Via Satellite

AFRL awards Hughes contract for resilient hybrid satellite networking with intelligent automation

2026-03-09T12:59:08.996675-07:00

SpaceNews.com

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

2026-03-09T06:02:22.392525-07:00

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Via Satellite

Swissto12's micro‑GEO push: flexible payloads and the sovereign‑space case Swissto12 CEO Emile de Rijk outlines the company's cutting‑edge payload technology and a micro‑GEO approach that prioritizes smaller, reconfigurable geostationary platforms. He presents flexible, modular satellites as a route to rapid capability delivery and to compete with larger GEO incumbents while meeting sovereign-space needs.

2026-03-09T13:53:00.218450-07:00

Swissto12's micro‑GEO push: flexible payloads and the sovereign‑space case

Space Intel Report

SpaceX targets March 9 EchoStar launch as EchoStar's Ergen backs $1-trillion-plus valuation; NSIL sues for contract breach SpaceX is set to launch an EchoStar satellite from Cape Canaveral on March 9 as EchoStar chairman Charles Ergen publicly backs a $1-trillion-plus valuation for the company. The cluster also notes a legal dispute, with NSIL suing over an alleged contract breach amid investor scrutiny after Operation Epic Fury.

2026-03-09T13:41:17.204792-07:00

SpaceX targets March 9 EchoStar launch as EchoStar's Ergen backs $1-trillion-plus valuation; NSIL sues for contract breach

Via Satellite

AFRL awards Hughes contract for resilient hybrid satellite networking with intelligent automation AFRL has awarded Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company) a contract to develop and experiment with resilient, hybrid satellite networks featuring intelligent automation. The work focuses on space data networking and resilient communications architectures for military use and aims to demonstrate integration across terrestrial and satellite systems.

2026-03-09T12:59:08.996675-07:00

AFRL awards Hughes contract for resilient hybrid satellite networking with intelligent automation

Via Satellite

Blues and Skylo reveal Notecard for Skylo — a tri‑mode satellite, Wi‑Fi and cellular module to be demoed at Embedded World Blues and Skylo Technologies will demonstrate Notecard for Skylo at Embedded World, a compact module that combines satellite, Wi‑Fi and cellular connectivity into a single hardware unit. The joint product consolidates multiple link types for device-level communications and will be shown to developers and integrators.

2026-03-09T12:53:17.919310-07:00

Blues and Skylo reveal Notecard for Skylo — a tri‑mode satellite, Wi‑Fi and cellular module to be demoed at Embedded World

Space.com

European 'HealTech' self‑healing material could let spacecraft repair cracks in orbit European researchers are testing 'HealTech', a heat‑activated self‑healing material that flows into and repairs cracks. The approach aims to provide passive, in‑situ damage repair to improve spacecraft resilience against micro‑cracks, impacts and long‑term degradation without external intervention.

2026-03-09T06:08:44.238328-07:00

European 'HealTech' self‑healing material could let spacecraft repair cracks in orbit

SpaceNews.com

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority Dependence on GNSS across critical infrastructure makes navigation and timing resilience an economic imperative and national‑security priority, driving industry and governments to focus on signal integrity, jamming/spoofing mitigation, and development of layered alternative PNT capabilities to protect commerce, aviation and defence operations.

2026-03-09T06:02:22.392525-07:00

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

SpaceWatch Global

HawkEye 360 wins up to $75M electronic‑warfare partnership with a European defence ministry HawkEye 360 has been selected by a European ministry of defence for an electronic‑warfare programme valued at up to $75 million. The agreement pairs the company's RF geolocation and SIGINT satellite services with national EW capability development; contract scope and timeline were not disclosed.

2026-03-09T03:58:00.360400-07:00

HawkEye 360 wins up to $75M electronic‑warfare partnership with a European defence ministry

Space.com

SpaceX launches Starlink batch from California (liftoff 04:00 EDT, Mar 8) SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink broadband satellites from California, lifting off at 4:00 a.m. EDT on Sunday, March 8. The flight placed additional Starlink spacecraft into low Earth orbit as part of the operator's ongoing effort to expand and replenish its broadband constellation.

2026-03-08T14:18:20.297311-07:00

SpaceX launches Starlink batch from California (liftoff 04:00 EDT, Mar 8)

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Swissto12's micro‑GEO push: flexible payloads and the sovereign‑space case

SpaceX targets March 9 EchoStar launch as EchoStar's Ergen backs $1-trillion-plus valuation; NSIL sues for contract breach

AFRL awards Hughes contract for resilient hybrid satellite networking with intelligent automation

GNSS resilience emerges as an economic and national‑security priority

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