Optical Links: When to Incorporate Them? When Not To?
For many satellite applications, optical links are not worth their cost (often hundreds of thousands of dollars).
Argyris Kriezis
The Economics of Orbital Data Centers Report
We cover terrestrial bottlenecks, cost analysis, the competitive landscape, and technical challenges.
Technical Challenges in Scaling Orbital Data Centers
The technical challenges to orbital data centers are well understood, and boil down to the following:
Inside Starcloud and SpaceX’s Orbital Data Centers FCC Filings
After only a two months of 2026, this year is already shaping up to be the year of space data centers. In January, SpaceX filed with the FCC for up to 1M satellites (wild). A few days later, Starcloud followed with plans for 88,000 satellites of its own.
Commercial In-Space Propulsion Options
A catalogue of in-space propulsion options—vendors, products, and specs.
What’s Kepler Cooking Up With Its Everything Constellation?
Earlier this week, Kepler (an optical comms relay business) launched its first ten 300-kg sats and announced a deal with OroraTech, to host its thermal sensors and speed up downlink via its laser-linked routing.
The MSS Spectrum Assets That Could Be Acquired Next
Some of that spectrum still sits in legacy hands, ripe for acquisition.
Implications of SpaceX’s $17B EchoStar Spectrum Deal
The deal resets SpaceX’s direct-to-cell (DTC) 5G ambitions, reshapes the DTC competitive landscape, impacts downstream competitor vendors, and could redefine the relationship between mobile carriers and satellite providers.
Commercial Satellite Bus Offerings
Satellite bus manufacturing used to be the domain of a handful of national aerospace primes. Over the past 20 years, however, two major startup waves have disrupted this status quo.
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