https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/space-force-ponders-shakeup-to-leo-satellite-strategy-potentially-hiring-spacex-for-data-relay/
Sep 17, 2025 - Contracts for the next-generation Tranche 3, which will replace the earliest Transport Layer satellites, have been paused until the Space Force study is...
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https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/asia/china-launched-relay-satellite-to-far-side-of-the-moon
China has launched a relay satellite that's supposed to set up a communication link between Earth and the far side of the moon.
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https://www.ksat.no/news/news-archive/2022/ksat-designing-ground-network-lunar-relay/
As part of the SSTL-led consortium under the ESA Moonlight Initiative, KSAT will be looking at Earth ground segment solutions to support lunar relay...
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