A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 85 commercial and government spacecraft and 3 Starlink satellites launches from Cape Canaveral on June 30, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dakota Raub) Satellite communications seeing an ‘explosion of activity’ during Ukraine war The war in Ukraine has boosted the demand for military and civilian satcom, according to a U.S. European Command IT official. Jun 16, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau