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Defence Joint Project JP-9102

Sector: Telecommunications • Location: Australia

Source: The Australian

Project
Cancelled And Redefined

A project to provide an advanced sovereign satellite communications capability for the Australian Defence Force with four sophisticated communications satellites to be placed in geosynchronous orbit (GEO). The project was cancelled and then redefined to focus on a multi-orbit satellite constellation including low-earth orbit (LEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites.

Status
Failure
Sector
Telecommunications, Government
Location
Australia
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Australian

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The project “Defence Joint Project JP-9102” is an infrastructure initiative in the Telecommunications sector, located in Australia. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Australian.

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cancelled and redefined

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Failure

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2026-07-22

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A project to provide an advanced sovereign satellite communications capability for the Australian Defence Force with four sophisticated communications satellites to be placed in geosynchronous orbit (GEO). The project was cancelled and then redefined to focus on a multi-orbit satellite constellation including low-earth orbit (LEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites.

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Defence

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Location

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Australia

Source

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The Australian

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Sector

Telecommunications, Government

Article published date

2025-06-17

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