April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...Thesis, MIT, June 2013 5 Kennedy, Andrew Kitrell. Resource Optimization Algorithms for an Automated Coordinated CubeSat Constellation; MSc in Aeronautics and Astronautics Thesis, MIT, August 2015. 6 Schaire, Scott. CubeSat Communication and Frequency...
23 March 2020
OneWeb launches 34 more satellites amid bankruptcy concerns
... internet to people and business around the world via its constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites is costly. So far the..., should this go ahead. OneWeb’s plan is to have its constellation of 650 satellites in place by the end of the fourth quarter...
22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... But, whether you love them or hate them, spotting Starlink constellation trains in the night skies, seems to have now become a.... Now, armed with knowledge of what time a mega-constellation will pass overhead, people are now flocking to their gardens...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... sky, one or more satellites from these new mega-constellations will fill it. “This will inevitably harm professional astronomical ...and this situation will be only compounded when these mega-constellations come to fruition. “Until 2019, the number of ...
11 August 2017
Satellite launch demand to grow tenfold in next 20 years
... as the largest growth driver. While microsatellites (11-200kg) are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations, the report identifies that nanosatellites (1.01-10kg) will take the greatest share of payload masses. This drive...
18 October 2019
Companies unite to reject SpaceX satellite plans
.... Toronto-based Kepler, which currently has two satellites in orbit, has plans to eventually operate an internet-of-things constellation with 140 cubesats at an altitude of 575 kilometres. Kepler CEO Mina Mitry has however already hinted at potential...
