The Future Operating Environment 2040 report cites Russia’s Sfera constellation as a reference point.

Both Astrolab’s and Lunar Outpost’s rovers will reach the lunar surface through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

FCC Order 26-26 eliminated mandatory Equivalent Power Flux Density limits for non-geostationary orbit satellite operators.

The EchoStar spectrum acquisition underpins SpaceX’s next-generation Direct-to-Device network.

Trade press has reported a SpaceX target valuation ranging from about $1.75 trillion to possibly in excess of $2 trillion.

Vast Space closed a $250 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz at a reported $5.5 billion valuation.

GS1-7E02 is associated with the booster named "Never Tell Me The Odds."

Blue Origin is rebuilding the pad at LC-36.

Blue Origin will move the booster to its manufacturing facility at Rocket Park while it rebuilds the pad at LC-36.

At LC-36, the GS2 hotfire transporter-erector has been moved.

Andrew R. Morgan had served in elite special forces units around the world before joining NASA.

Andrew R. Morgan was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and considers New Castle, Pennsylvania, his hometown.

Brigadier General Andrew R. Morgan retired from NASA after 12 years to continue his military service.

Andrew R. Morgan was a physician specializing in emergency medicine when NASA selected him as an astronaut.

Andrew R. Morgan served as a flight engineer on International Space Station Expeditions 60, 61, and 62.

NASA selected Andrew R. Morgan for its 21st astronaut class in August 2013.

Andrew R. Morgan served as chief of the Mission Support Section in the Astronaut Office, an aircraft crew operations officer, a mission control team representative for Expeditions 67 and 68, and an Army detachment commander.

Scott Tingle is the chief of the Johnson Space Center Astronaut Office at NASA.

Andrew R. Morgan served in a rotational assignment with the U.S. Army as commander of the U.S. Army garrison on Kwajalein Atoll and senior military advisor to the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Andrew R. Morgan graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the U.S. Army War College.

Vanessa Wyche is the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Andrew R. Morgan currently serves as commanding general of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Iridium Communications leverages its global L-band network for defense radios, maritime IoT networks, and aviation safety systems.

Amazon and Globalstar reached a definitive merger agreement in April 2026.

Globalstar powers Apple’s iPhone emergency SOS functionality.

Globalstar’s first-quarter 2026 revenue rose 17% to $70 million.

The United States Space Force’s fiscal year 2027 budget was $59.7 billion.

Iridium’s engineering and support revenue for government operations rose 10% in the first quarter of 2026 to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium’s commercial IoT data services rose 5% in the first quarter of 2026.

Iridium Communications had more than 2.5 million active users in the first quarter of 2026.

In the first quarter of 2026, Iridium Communications’ commercial IoT data services increased 5 percent.

Globalstar’s revenue rose 17% in the first quarter of 2026 to $70 million.

Iridium Communications’ first-quarter 2026 revenue growth was bolstered by ongoing work with the Space Development Agency.

Amazon entered a definitive merger agreement to acquire Globalstar in April 2026.

Amazon reached a definitive merger agreement to acquire Globalstar in April 2026.

The United States Space Force allocated $9.8 billion for space communication infrastructure within its $59.7 billion fiscal year 2027 budget.

Iridium Communications’ commercial IoT data services climbed by 5% and its total subscriber base exceeded 2.5 million active users in the first quarter of 2026.

Iridium Communications acquired Satelles in 2024.

The Satelles acquisition expanded Iridium Communications into satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services.

The United States Space Force budget for fiscal year 2027 was $59.7 billion.

Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose by 10% to nearly $39.5 million in the first quarter of 2026.

Globalstar’s first-quarter 2026 revenue rose 17 percent to $70 million.

The United States Space Force had a $59.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2027.

Iridium Communications provides defense radios, maritime IoT networks, aviation safety systems, and satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services.

Iridium Communications expanded into satellite-based positioning, navigation, and timing services after acquiring Satelles.

Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose by 10% in the first quarter of 2026 to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium Communications had more than 2.5 million active users in its total subscriber base in the first quarter of 2026.

The United States Space Force allocated $9.8 billion for space communication infrastructure in fiscal year 2027.

In the first quarter of 2026, Iridium Communications’ engineering and support revenue for government operations rose 10 percent to nearly $39.5 million.

Iridium Communications’ first-quarter 2026 government operations revenue was bolstered by ongoing work with the Space Development Agency.