February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
..., SpaceX estimates that it will be able to provide global internet with moderate broadband coverage using 800 of its Starlink satellites. The second batch of 60 satellites was launched in November 2019 and the company may put as many...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... orbiting data network, to enable lunar orbiting satellite internet services (similar to Earth orbiting constellations such as Starlink), and communications between Earth and the Moon. At TerraMetric we foresee the same process then being repeated...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... play. Amazon’s $10 billion commitment to its Kuiper constellation places it alongside other major non-GEOs, notably SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb, SES (O3b mPOWER) and Telesat. Microsoft’s partnerships with SES and SpaceX further provides an entry...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... provision of internet services. SpaceX is the most advanced of these, having launched more than 1700 satellites of its Starlink constellation at the time of writing, and is now offering a beta service for a limited number of users. OneWeb has...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
..., Hughes and SES come on-line. At the same time, new low Earth orbit mega-constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb are gearing up for commercial services. While we see strong demand for broadband, mobility recovery...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... era, commercial constellations are being deployed at an unprecedented rate by both start-ups and legacy actors: OneWeb, Starlink or Telesat for broadband; Kineis, Astrocast or Myriota for Internet of things (IoT); and Planet, Iceye or Capella for...
