If you only glanced at the headlines you might think the satellite communications industry spent the whole week role-playing as a geopolitical thriller trying to turn the night sky into a vertically integrated revenue stream. And honestly, that’s not far off.
The most revealing storyline was the way national interest and commercial scale kept circling each other like two starships in a docking sequence where both pilots insist they’re the one doing the careful maneuvering. Europe leaned hard into strategic autonomy and the U.S. regulatory machine kept stamping “approved-ish” onto the next wave of NGSO ambition. Operators quietly reminded everyone that connectivity is still a product you have to deliver on Tuesday morning, not just a slide deck you pitch on Thursday afternoon.
