3 days ago Seeing Infrared, Part 3: What Does Nearly $3 Billion Buy? Part 3: It must be nice to never pay attention to a customer's needs, nor offer a compelling product with ground support. SMC's gotchya.
5 days ago Seeing Infrared, Part 2: Similar Missions, Similar Capabilities Part 2: The more SMC spends on infrared systems, the more they stay the same...maybe. At least when compared with SBIRS.
6 days ago Seeing Infrared, Part 1: Large, Big, Fat, Juicy Targets Part 1: When SMC buys expensive infrared satellites, does a lt. colonel get its wings? Especially if they are still "juicy targets?"
Jan 7 Process, Control, the SDA’s SpaceX Selection Expect more crocodile tears and handwringing from lawmakers as SDA bypasses NSSL for cheaper, more-responsive, launch prices.
Jan 4 Thousand Islands: Indonesia, the Philippines, & Satellite Communications There are nations with thousands of islands using satellites as their communications backbone. At least one is eyeing Starlink.
Dec 30, 2020 2020 Commercial Global Space Market, Part 2: Profitable, but Not Mature (Yet) How the heck could automobile driving help mature the global space industry?
Dec 28, 2020 2020 Commercial Global Space Market, Part 1: The Year of Government Dependence While space industry was busy and profitable during 2020, its activities and profits weren’t signs of a healthy “commercial” space sector.
