Space

Rivada gains new partner in US Space Force satellite project

Owner Declan Ganley announces next step in ambitious broadband development plan after legal win against Chinese investors

Declan Ganly hopes his planned global broadband network will rival Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper Systems. Picture: Michael Dillon

Declan Ganley’s Rivada Networks has struck a partnership which will help it to provide satellite services to the US Space Force (USSF).

It is the latest development in Ganley’s efforts to build a 600-satellite telecommunications constellation to host a global broadband network he hopes will rival Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper Systems.

In a statement last week, Rivada said it was partnering with Artel LLC, which describes itself as a provider of secure network ...