January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... of NGSO satellites. As a result, GEO satellites could still be vulnerable to NGSO satellite side-lobe interference, even when beams of satellites do not intersect and NGSO satellites operates within EPFD limits. To further limit this issue operators...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
...biofilm decontamination than ultra-violet and infra-red protocols. Beams of x-rays, for example, are able to pass ... Future space application Today’s commercial x-ray and electron beam machines provide safe and space-saving sources of ionising ...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
...and launch an orbital solar power plant capable of safely beaming power to another satellite, as a key step towards ... and launch an orbital solar power plant capable of safely beaming power to another satellite as a key step towards delivering power...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
...the planet in low Earth orbit (LEO), they fly through the beam of a GEO satellite, transmitting on the same frequency, and ... the equator, such that a LEO satellite which is ‘in the beam’ of a GEO satellite is never attempting to transmit into the same...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
...emergence of HTS has revolutionised the communications landscape, delivering significantly more capacity than traditional fixed-beam satellites. The simulation revolution The emergence of high-throughput satellites (HTS) has revolutionised the commun...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... clean, virtually unlimited energy by collecting sunlight and beaming it back to Earth. Resource extraction from the Moon...Solar Power, which involves harvesting sunlight from Earth orbit then beaming it down to the surface where it is needed. If...
