Launch of Amazon’s KF-03 mission by SpaceX on Thursday may encounter weather issues – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-10-07 00:00 SpaceX is targeting Thursday, October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space ...

Forrester’s Digest: Ergen explains “cash rich” future plans – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-09-16 00:00 EchoStar co-founder Charlie Ergen appeared at the Novaspace Paris World Space Business Week. Ergen said that EchoStar had discussed with SpaceX around eight years ago proposing a ...

Jupiter-3 enters commercial service Original Publication Date: 2024-01-12 22:11 EchoStar's giant Jupiter-3 broadband satellite is performing as expected. Early customers are getting download speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. The company is eager to fill Jupiter-3’s 500 gigabits per ...

Jupiter-3 deploys solar arrays and antennas in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-11-21 02:12 EchoStar’s Jupiter-3, the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite, is performing as expected. Maxar Technologies built the nine metric ton Ka-band satellite and supplied its solar ...

Space Development Agency shaking up how the military buys satellites Original Publication Date: 2023-08-11 10:00 The Pentagon has spent the bulk of its massive space budget on traditional geostationary satellites. SDA is working to break the mold with an ambitious plan to build a low-Earth ...

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 10:11 Chinese research institutes are working to construct a quantum communications network. Network would use elements of quantum mechanics for encryption and secure transmission of ...