Space Force to use small satellites for geostationary communications

Published on September 4, 2025
Astranis is developing a geostationary commercial satellite called Omega that is being pitched to the U.S. military for broadband communications. Credit: Astranis

The Protected Tactical Satcom-Global (PTS-G) program marks the military’s first major attempt to deploy constellations of small satellites in the geostationary belt

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