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A spy is among us. This is no ordinary satellite but one that exhibits unusual behavior and close approaches that betray its mission.

As the National Space Symposium gets underway, Constellations recaps its top podcast episodes, highlighting the collaboration between military and commercial space.

Mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat has begun trials of a direct-to-device service using Inmarsat’s L-band from geostationary orbit with mobile network operators and user device builders with the near-term ambition of providing commercial two-way texting, device tracking and emergency communications.

There’s no shortage of players throwing their hats into the ring for satellite direct-to-device services and three technology approaches to the market.

Arkisys is developing one of the first commercial robotic space stations inspired by the infrastructure model of seaports and hyperscalers.

Pixxel has been named a top company to watch as it deploys one of the world’s first commercial hyperspectral satellite imaging constellations.

LockBit 3.0 is the most widely used malware in the world and has recently targeted aerospace companies. LockBit’s success as a ransomware organization is attributed to its business model of implementing Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) offerings as collaborative opportunities for other adversaries looking to gain access to specific industries.

The Australian government announced April 3 that Lockheed had been selected a the preferred tenderer for the Joint Project 9102 Phase 1 program, which includes at least two satellites in geostationary orbit, a network of ground stations and two network operations centers.

Constellations spoke to Colonel Michelle Idle, the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Space Systems Command, which oversees space acquisition and development, about the new approaches to working with commercial industry to adopt new capabilities, and how industry can better partner with government.