Satellite
Innovation
The technical frontier — founders, engineers and operators advancing what satellites can do.
MilSat
Symposium
Space defense strategy and government–commercial collaboration, examined candidly.
Three days
One floor
Two events
One floor
Two events
OCT 27–29 · 2026
Decision-makers.
SVSW draws the senior side of the commercial and national-security space communities. The people who fund, build, fly, and buy. Expect to leave with connections that directly benefit your business.
- 800+Decision-makers
- 62%C-suite, VP & Director
- 350+Organizations
- 3×Days · same seat, both shows
Commercial space · Satellite Innovation
Audience · Tuesday & Wednesday
- Satellite operators across LEO, MEO, and GEO
- Manufacturers and system integrators
- Launch and ride-share providers
- Ground segment, software, and edge compute
- Capital allocators — VC, growth equity, family offices
- Regulators and policy shops
National-security space · MilSat Symposium
Audience · Wednesday & Thursday
- DoD program offices · USSF, NRO, NGA, SDA
- Combatant commands and joint planners
- Defense primes and integrators
- Intelligence community and dual-use leads
- FFRDCs, national labs, and university partners
- Allied government delegations
Wednesday is the shared day — both audiences in the same seats.
Two conferences. One week.
Computer History Museum, Mountain View
In the middle of Silicon Valley. Minutes from the labs, launch startups and primes that attendees fly in to meet. One building, every session, no shuttle buses.
Travel & hotels-
Address
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA 94043 - Parking Free, on-site lot · all three event days
- Airports SJC 10 min · SFO 30 min · OAK 45 min
- Stay Three discounted hotel blocks within walking distance
- LOCKHEED MARTIN
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN
- AIRBUS U.S.
- VIASAT
- KRATOS
- HUGHES
- ROCKET LAB
- ASTRANIS
- AWS
- THERMAVANT
- FRONTGRADE
- OPTIMAL SATCOM