We’re about to enter a stage in which demand for space data will surge, congestion in radio frequencies will worsen, and the world will search for secure, high-bandwidth alternatives that can operate even in contested settings. The drivers of these changes will be many and various: new entrants into low-Earth orbit, mounting security concerns around undersea cables, the reordering of defense priorities, and rising geopolitical tensions. Both companies and countries will look to those forms of technology that already work at scale – and speed will be a baseline concern.