Plus: SDA to slow satellite launch cadence
| SpaceNews is reporting from the 2026 Satellite conference all week. Today, new insight into the threats that have the Space Force's attention, one hurdle facing missile warning systems and Amazon Leo's plan to accelerate launches. Click here to see our full conference coverage.
| | | | | | | By Debra Werner Electronic warfare is a growing threat to U.S. space systems, according to a March 23 unclassified briefing by U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sergeant Ron Lerch, senior enlisted advisor to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence.
| | The Space Development Agency is slowing the pace of launches for the Pentagon's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture's Tranche 1 low Earth orbit satellite constellation, stepping back from an earlier plan for frequent deployments as it works through technical issues with spacecraft already in orbit.
National missile warning and tracking could be improved if all government agencies shared the raw data they gather, which is currently siloed across different departments, systems and classification levels. | | | | | Redwire announced the first award for its new solar arrays, a $12.8 million contract from Moog. Under the contract announced March 24, Redwire will deliver Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array wings for Moog's Meteor satellite bus ordered by an undisclosed national security customer.
Amazon vowed to double the annual launch rate for its low Earth orbit broadband constellation to more than 20 missions, hinging largely on rockets yet to prove themselves at scale.
SES has ordered an initial 28 satellites from manufacturing startup K2 Space for meoSphere, a next-generation medium Earth orbit network slated to be in operation by 2030. The Luxembourg-based operator said the satellites would deliver high-speed broadband, support optical intersatellite links for data relay and enable hosted payloads across commercial and government missions. | | | | | | | FROM SPACENEWS |  | | March 31 at 1 p.m. ET: Join SpaceNews and Star Catcher, in partnership with the Commercial Space Federation, for a conversation on the energy and computing needs driving the push toward orbital data centers, where there are gaps and where there are opportunities and what comes next in this fast-moving field. Register now. | | | | |
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