April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... larger bandwidths, reduce spectrum and security issues, and fulfill a need for high-speed and reliable communications. Optical communication can be handled by a larger mother satellite until the technology in CubeSats is able to handle these demands...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
...salt has stopped killing. They’re interested in helping young, emerging civilizations like Earth’s.” Tarter speculates that a communicative ET civilization, which would have lasted longer than our own, might let us in on the secret to a lasting world...
20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
...the spacecraft will be equipped with the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package. This hardware uses photons – particles ... test technology that we hope will help us eventually communicate with people in deep space is excellent integration of ...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
... of events such as the Apollo 11 Moon landing, will help create the world’s first commercial deep-space communications station, capable of tracking future missions to the Moon and beyond. At present, if you are planning on flying a robotic...
September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... SAS capacity to replace and expand their existing services and customers. Our ultimate mission is to provide affordable communications services to anyone, anywhere, anytime. About the author Meir Moalem is a co-founder of Sky and Space Global and...
October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
...With peak demand, users can scale up and do it cost-effectively. All of these positive attributes apply to space communication ground infrastructure, if it is optimised. The cloud side has already been working with government and commercial customers...
