Officials says commercial data and software can sharpen space threat detection

NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget reconciliation bill as companies continue positioning themselves to bid on it.

Open Cosmos shed more light on its proposed sovereign broadband constellation for Europe March 2, branding the Ka-band network ConnectedCosmos while leaving how it will meet mid-2026 deployment deadlines in the dark.

The European Space Agency announced up to $118 million in funding March 2 for projects promising to accelerate the convergence of satellite and terrestrial communications.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and GSMA Foundry have opened a call for ideas to provide up to €100 million in funding for projects improving the combined use of satellite and ground connectivity networks. The funding opportunity – provided by ESA Member States and announced during the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain – will empower companies to bridge the digital divide.

SpaceX has disrupted the launch business with the Falcon 9 and the satellite communications business with Starlink.

U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Space Command have ‘continuously layered effects to disrupt, disorient and confuse the enemy’