# Key Space Force satellites can’t talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources

- Source: Breaking Defense
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:15:00+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://breakingdefense.com/2026/11/key-space-force-satellites-cant-talk-to-each-other-likely-requiring-1b-solution-sources/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/key-space-force-satellites-can-t-talk-to-each-other-likely-requiring-1-c3bda7/

To translate between the SpaceX-built SDN Backbone and other Pentagon communications and missile tracking satellites, sources said the Space Force is eyeing 12 or 13 Space Exchange Point birds.

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