05 August 2016
Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Games, Brought to You by Your Local Satellite
... part of the Olympic Games live coverage. Members of the Satellite Industry Association (a U.S.-based trade association that provides representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and...
March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
... worth asking. We find ourselves in a technological accelerando, and Information Technology – and that subset of IT we call the Satellite Industry – will continue to revolutionize the way we interact with each other. Mass media, and newsgathering...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... was a backend concern relegated to niche use as recently as a decade ago, it has made its presence known in the satellite industry primarily through customer-facing big data products and internalised technologies that were essential for data...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... and created the modern digital world as we know it. In a similar manner, the small satellite industry is experiencing its ‘faster, better, cheaper’ moment. Unlike the IT industry, however, the journey of any company planning to enter the small...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...to re-establish independent launch capacity and a launch facility within the UK to complement its burgeoning small satellite industry. The Space Industry Act (SIA) is undoubtedly a significant piece of UK domestic space law, providing the first major...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... ever and it is still achievable if all operators follow some basic guidelines. So, why and how can the satellite industry ensure safety of flight, and is cooperation the key? A worsening situation The situation is likely to worsen as what we call...
