The Megaconstellation Monthly is Quilty Space's monthly intelligence brief on the NGSO satellite ecosystem. It covers the full stack — broadband, direct-to-device, IFC, maritime, government, and defense — across SpaceX-Starlink, Amazon Leo, Telesat Lightspeed, AST SpaceMobile, SDA-PWSA, SES, and a growing roster of new entrants. Each edition tracks the programs, contracts, and regulatory moves shaping the sector, and pairs them with the Quilty QuickTake on what it all means.
 
Some of the headlines in September’s Mega News Roundup:
 
Northrop Ships Its First 21 SDA Transport Satellites
Space Force Keeps Vendor Diversity a Procurement Priority
L3Harris Locks its Tranche 3 Tracking Design
Moving Targets Move into Orbit
Space Force Leaves SDN Architecture Up to SpaceX
SDA Divvies Up the Ground Segment
SCAR Reboot: From Custom Antennas to Commercial Ground Capacity
Space Force's Secret Space Arsenal Takes Center Stage
The Space Force's $1B Satcom Pipeline Where LEO Doesn't Appear
MEO Missile Warning: Two Epochs, Zero on Orbit
HBTSS Moves to Golden Dome
Defense Is the New Black: MDA Space Unveils AURORA BLACK
AT&T Business Signs on to Sell Amazon Leo
Apple Holds the Line on Satellite Features
The FCC Widens Amazon Leo's Spectrum Lane
Amazon Leo: More Launches on Paper, Fewer on the Pad
Elon Musk Adds a Zero: Starlink Gen3 vs V3
SES Checks the Sovereign Boxes in September
FCC Spectrum Abundance Order Passes 3-0 as SpaceX Lobbies Right Down to the Wire
Space42 & Viasat Put $800M Behind Equatys
SpaceX Fights Viasat Over Ka-Band Access
Eutelsat Goes Long on LEO
U.K. Opens £8B Defense Framework to 99 Suppliers