February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... increase of commercial off-the-shelf units and parts significantly reduces the cost of satellites The largest drivers of this future growth in the satellite industry are the mega-constellations such as those planned by OneWeb, SpaceX and Planet...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
...to use frequencies within C-band to deliver their services. C-band is currently used by many operators within the satellite industry due to its reliability, range and resistance to weather. Since operators rely upon C-band to deliver existing service...
October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... and transforming itself to fit in to today’s advancing world of communications. As we move towards a fully networked world, the satellite industry is starting to embrace the telco world, along with its standards, so that it can integrate much more...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... Today, Caleb Henry, March 2016. 5 “2016: State of the Satellite Industry Report”, prepared by Bryce Space and Technology (formerly The Tauri Group) for Satellite Industry Association, June 2016. See: https://brycetech.com/downloads/SIA_SSIR_2016.zip...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... with a rush of new commercial players the lessons learned may well spill over into the larger satellite industry, interplanetary scientific missions and even how we operate our future space platforms both in low Earth orbit...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... today is a commercial market of over US$322 billion per year [Satellite Industry Association ‘2016 State of the Satellite Industry Report’, prepared by the Tauri Group]. The satellite segment is $230 billion in annual global revenue and continues...