Astro Digital is building Helios Wire's 20-kilogram satellites with a machine-to-machine communications payload built to Helios Wire's specifications.

Helios Wire is preparing to launch its first satellite in October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...