{"id":21905,"date":"2024-04-10T18:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/10\/hundreds-of-satellites-to-give-military-faster-tactical-comms-and-data\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:08:53","slug":"hundreds-of-satellites-to-give-military-faster-tactical-comms-and-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/04\/10\/hundreds-of-satellites-to-give-military-faster-tactical-comms-and-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of satellites to give military faster tactical comms and data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. \u2014 A space-focused program spreading hundreds of small satellites in low orbit aims to bring clearer communications and faster data transfer in the field to military units, a key to Marine Corps war-fighting needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sda.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space Development Agency<\/a>, a Pentagon space acquisition organization, already has launched 27 low Earth orbit satellites for experimentation and demonstrations in the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program, Derek Tournear, Space Development Agency director, said Monday here at the Navy League\u2019s Sea-Air-Space conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low Earth orbit satellites orbit about 1,200 miles above the Earth, compared to medium Earth orbit satellites, which run the Global Positioning System and are placed about 12,550 miles above the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in 2024 the second wave of low Earth orbit satellites will go into orbit, Tournear said. By the end of 2025, the program expects to have 160 satellites in orbit, the majority covering the globe to create connectivity across regions, more than two dozen dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/02\/14\/pentagon-launches-six-satellites-to-boost-missile-tracking-capability\/\" target=\"_blank\">missile warning<\/a> and a handful running missile control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines and other military branches have relied on satellite communications for decades. But advances in low Earth orbit satellites deliver higher bandwidth and lower latency, or delays, meaning users can send more data faster.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/11\/28\/space-development-agency-demonstrates-link-16-satellite-connectivity\/#:~:text=The%20Defense%20Department%20established%20SDA,Denver%2Dbased%20York%20Space%20Systems.\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Space Development Agency demonstrates Link 16 connectivity<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has relied heavily on company SpaceX\u2019s commercial satellite Internet constellation Starlink to pass battlefield data throughout its war with Russia. The military version of the system is known as Starshield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, began using the Starshield system recently, according to a March release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system allowed Marines to maintain communications services when weather forced power outages that shut down base fiber and cloud cover interfered with other satellite communications, said Maj. Tim Wrenn, 6th Marine Regiment communications officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the September 2023 Archipelago Endeavor exercise, Marines used Starshield with the Swedish marines by mounting the device on a Swedish command and control boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving high bandwidth, low latency services on a mobile maritime platform allowed U.S. and Swedish Marines to prosecute fire missions and provide reliable and relevant information throughout the battlespace,\u201d said Capt. Quinn T. Hemler, the assistant operations officer with 2nd Marine Division\u2019s G-6 communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Maj. Gen. 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That would allow a user\u2019s terminal to switch between the low Earth orbit satellites transport layer or use dedicated military or commercial bandwidths such as the satellite communication Ka and Ku bands, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same terminal could also switch to use the Ka or Ku bands on MEO or GEO satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system would work much like multiband radios can switch between frequency bands for a variety of communications options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matos emphasized that while the low Earth orbit satellites program will give users new ways to communicate it still is only \u201cpart of the overall architecture.\u201d If Marines can\u2019t access those satellites for some reason, they need backup ways to conduct operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t own our own space assets,\u201d Matos said. \u201cWe use what industry provides. 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