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Advances And Adjustments Are Needed To Bring Space Communications To The Edge

By Rachel Jewett

Friday, April 11th, 2025

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Advances And Adjustments Are Needed To Bring Space Communications To The Edge

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, right, and Ricky Freeman, Kuiper Government Solutions, left. Photo: Space Foundation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As the commercial space industry is investing in space communications with satellite constellations, terminals, and networking technologies, the U.S. military is working through how to bring space communications to the tactical edge. In a Space Symposium panel on April 10, Ricky Freeman, president of Amazon Kuiper Government Solutions [AMZN], compared it to the U.S. military having a lineup of basketball legends like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and LeBron James on the same team, but running the risk…

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