March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
...3G/4G cellular and terrestrial internet made it realistic for news organizations to move high-quality video over public networks. The use of satellite uplinks began shrinking. Satellite providers began to realize that in order to compete in the world...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... and industry. Within ARTES, ESA has started the development of 2 micro-satellites supporting the SAT-AIS network of satellites in cooperation with LUXSPACE and exact Earth Europe. In case of emergency… It is important to understand that satcoms also...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) by 2018-2020. The proposed concepts foresee spanning a global, leak-proof network of inter-linked small satellites, accessible at any time from a set of deployed ground terminals. It is expected that this...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... a significant role in space exploration. In addition to being the technological prototype for the 64 m dishes of NASA’s Deep Space Network, Parkes has played a vital role in various NASA and ESA deep space missions and also in the...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... the domain of rover simulations such as within the framework of METERON (Multi-Purpose End-To-End Robotic Operations Network), human-machine interface testing and Spaceship EAC activities (see below) e.g. demonstration/validation of In Situ Resource...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... its BFR heavy-lift rocket and Starlink, an ambitious plan to deliver high speed broadband internet via a network of satellites. SpaceX has also submitted a redesign of the Starlink constellation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which...
