Satellite Innovation
Satellite operators and startups at the Computer History Museum.
- Dates
- Oct 27 to Oct 28, 2026
- Where
- Mountain View, CA
- Cost
- Ticket $595 to $1,395. Civilian $1,395 standard (early bird $1,195 ended Aug 1); Government/Military $795 standard (early $595). Oct 27-29, 2026.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- SatNews / Silicon Valley Space Week
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Cheaper ways in: Government/military rate with .gov/.mil email; student 40% off, academic 30% off, nonprofit 20% off, startup 10% off (application required).
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Satellite and space communications
Roles: satellite engineer, spectrum manager
The field it serves: Telecommunications
- Verified open jobs
- about 971
- Typical posted salary
- $118,000 a year (middle half $80,000 to $155,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 32% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- −4.2% in information, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 237 of the newest 971 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 971 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Telecommunications snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- Airbus U.S. Exhibiting 2025
- Astranis Exhibiting 2025
- AWS Exhibiting 2025
- Frontgrade Exhibiting 2025
- Hughes Exhibiting 2025
- Kratos Exhibiting 2025
- Lockheed Martin Exhibiting 2025
- Northrop Grumman Exhibiting 2025
- Optimal Satcom Exhibiting 2025
- Rocket Lab Exhibiting 2025
- Thermavant Exhibiting 2025
- Viasat Exhibiting 2025
Read from the event’s own pages: svspaceweek.com.
Speakers and sessions
Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.
Keynotes
Dr. Ronald J Epstein
Managing Director, Bank of America Securities
Keynote with Bank of America
Moderators
Alexis Sáinz
Partner, Hogan Lovells
After SPCX: The Public Market's Verdict on Space
Brian Weimer
Partner; Space & Satellite Practice Leader, Sheppard
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
Dara Panahy
Partner, Milbank LLP
Orbital Data Centers — Investable Infrastructure or Thermodynamic Bet?
Panelists
Dr. Slava Turyshev
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Orbital Data Centers — Investable Infrastructure or Thermodynamic Bet?
Dr. Yaswant Devarakonda
Manager for the Space & Spectrum Policy Center, CCIA – Center at the Computer & Communications Industry Association
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
Greg Pelton
Chief Technology Officer, Iridium
Orchestrating the D2D network of networks
Karl Kensinger
Special Counsel, Space Bureau, FCC
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
Mike Collett
Managing Partner, Promus Ventures
After SPCX: The Public Market's Verdict on Space
Peter Krauss
President and Chief Executive Officer, Terran Orbital
Buses vs. Vertical Integration: Who Builds the Proliferated Era
Rob DeMillo
CEO & Cofounder, Sophia Space
Orbital Data Centers — Investable Infrastructure or Thermodynamic Bet?
Scott Patrick
Executive Director, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
Sunil Nagaraj
Founding Partner, Ubiquity Ventures
After SPCX: The Public Market's Verdict on Space
Speakers
Austin Spiegel
Co-founder & CEO, Sift
Mission Software Lessons of 2026
Dr. Eugene Tu
Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center
What Ames Will De-Risk For You: The Silicon Valley Center as Commercial Infrastructure
Dr. Paul Struhsaker
CEO, Arrasar Partners
Orbital Data Centers — Radiators, Watts, and Orbits
Dr. Tim Farrar
President, TMF Associates
The implications of Starlink's market dominance in broadband and D2D
Kathryne Dickerson
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Part 100: A New Era for FCC Space Licensing
Read from the event’s own pages: svspaceweek.com
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in Mountain View, CA. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2026: October 27, 2026 to October 28, 2026, Mountain View, CA
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