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...
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...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... of state-run enterprises. The few private astronautics companies that did exist included Gazprom Space Systems, a communications satellite and Earth remote sensing (ERS) operator; Sovzond and Skaneks, providing ground-based ERS services; NIS...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... of age when society worshipped gigantism Contrast this with the two-year schedule typical for a geostationary communications satellite, or perhaps five or more years for space research missions. Of course, the CubeSats do not deliver the results...
