16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
... constellation could seriously impede scientific work and that it would look into making future Starlink internet communications satellites less shiny to lower their reflectivity or "albedo," so they can’t be so easily spotted in space...
03 June 2022
Study assesses future of satellite network C-Band sub-frequencies
..., alongside the likely future supply and utilization of this spectrum by communication satellites; and the likelihood and feasibility of a migration to other frequencies of the satellite services currently using those bands. For the extended C-band...
31 May 2016
ABS put up for sale by Permira
..., a private-equity investor, has put the ABS (Asia Broadcast Satellite) satellite fleet operator up for sale. ABS is a Bermuda-based operator of communication satellites, with established telecommunications networks in Africa, Russia, Asia and the...
11 January 2019
Revolutionary "Chameleon" satellite ready for final assembly
... perform all manner of changes while it is in orbit, such as adjusting the satellite’s coverage, frequency, power, and even orbital position. "Communications satellites like EUTELSAT QUANTUM that can be reprogrammed to adapt coverage and connectivity...
14 April 2021
Satellite support for Scottish seafood industry
... change in the fishing industry - from cutting edge 'agile space', whereby satellites are launched to perform bespoke research for specific challenges; to communication satellites that can track vessels, and land-mapping, which has so far mapped...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...’s human space-flight programme. The current version of the GSLV can carry only two-tonne class communication satellites. Those with a higher mass have to be launched by Arianespace’s Ariane-5 rocket from the European spaceport of Kourou in French...
