SSGS 2026 is shaping up to be the year’s defining event for the connectivity and satellite sector
- Richard Hooper
- Mar 16
- 3 min read
Date: 30th September & 1st October
Venue: Park Plaza Victoria London Hotel
SSGS 2026 is where the future of connectivity gets decided. As the satellite and communications industries accelerate at unprecedented speed, this must-attend event brings together the leaders shaping tomorrow’s networks. Expect bold insights from world-class experts, powerful networking with industry decision-makers, and a front-row seat to the technologies transforming global bandwidth and connectivity.
At the heart of this transformation is the space ground segment. Unlocking its full potential is essential to advancing satellite communications and powering the next wave of technological innovation. SSGS 2026 dives deep into the global opportunities across the ground segment ecosystem—revealing the capabilities vendors must master to compete in rapidly expanding and increasingly complex markets.
Across two high-impact days, Keynotes, Round Tables, and Panel Discussions will bring together leaders from industry, government, and research to explore how emerging infrastructure and new standards will shape secure, sovereign, and commercially viable connectivity and space services.
Debates will tackle the big strategic questions: does sovereign satellite infrastructure empower teleports—or constrain them? Experts will examine how governments, defence organisations, and operators must evolve secure sovereign systems to protect national interests while enabling innovation.
Sessions on data centres, cloud, and edge computing—including the provocative question “Is the Future Optical?”—will examine the real trade-offs in capacity, latency, energy efficiency, and deployment as next-generation backbones take shape.
Space agencies will share hard-won lessons from managing and scaling ground segment infrastructure for the industry’s largest and most ambitious missions.
Meanwhile, deep-dive discussions on 5G and 6G will explore spectrum strategy, open architectures, monetisation models, network slicing, and the next generation of commercial services for mobile operators.
Panels focused on IoT and Earth observation will reveal how sensor networks, analytics, and procurement models are delivering measurable economic value for both governments and industry.
And in a high-level round table on integrating air, land, and sea connectivity, service providers and end users will align on the technical, regulatory, and commercial frameworks needed to deliver truly ubiquitous global coverage.
DVB to host workshop at SSGS 2026
DVB will be hosting a lunchtime workshop focused on its solutions for Non-Geosynchronous Satellite Orbit (NGSO) constellations.
Date: Wednesday 30 September
Time: 13:00–14:15
DVB technical standards have underpinned the global satellite communications ecosystem for 30 years, delivering scalability, interoperability, and long-term investment protection. As NGSO constellations move from concept to large-scale deployment, the latest enhancements to DVB-S2X and DVB-RCS2 demonstrate that open standards continue to meet – and often exceed – the demanding performance requirements of these dynamic networks.
This lunchtime workshop will present a focused overview of the DVB specifications most relevant to NGSO systems, supported by independent simulation results conducted by Magister Solutions. These studies confirm that DVB-based forward and return links can achieve high throughput, low latency, and robust link availability under realistic NGSO conditions, including fast beam hopping, varying link budgets, and mobility.
Attendees will gain insight into:
The demonstrated performance of DVB-S2X and DVB-RCS2 for NGSO use cases
The current status and roadmap of on-board processing (OBP) architectures
Advances in user terminal design and implementation
The interoperability and vendor-independence benefits enabled by open DVB standards
The session will also feature hands-on demos showcasing multi-vendor interoperability and the full spectrum of test and measurement solutions required to validate and deploy NGSO networks with confidence.
Speakers
Thierry Abraham, MDA Space
Tuomas Huikko, Magister Solutions
Peter Nayler, EASii IC
Ralph Kirchhoff, Rohde & Schwarz
Jean-Pierre Messmer, Rohde & Schwarz
If you’re shaping the future of satellite, connectivity, and the ground segment, SSGS 2026 is where you need to be. For further information on Sponsorship/Booths/Speaker please contact: Kevin French or Belinda Bradford
