A Stronger Focus on Protecting Satellite Ground Equipment
Chuck Cynamon
September 18, 2026
Adversaries now consider commercial satellite communications infrastructure to be fair game during conflict.
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Adversaries now consider commercial satellite communications infrastructure to be fair game during conflict.
“Resilience” means designing ground systems that can survive a contested environment, adapt to changing commercial offerings and still deliver reliable communications.
Three critical elements must be considered to ensure the architecture is both viable for the short term and flexible for the long term.
Now that Donald Trump has won a second term, the Alabama congressional delegation is already lobbying to have the U.S. Space Command headquarters moved from Colorado Springs in Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. That would be an unnecessary, expensive and disruptive move.
It is more stabilizing and better for national security that Congress is skeptical about where U.S. space leadership and space policy are headed. Let’s hope the responsible oversight demonstrated in the annual defense bill continues.
