25 November 2021
European scientists bounced first ever LoRa message off the Moon
...Moon. This could become relevant for future lunar communications. The team, some of them licensed radio amateurs... captured. This dataset is going to become a classic for radio communications and signal processing students. A big thumbs up to the team ...
March 2015
Ka-band satellite communication and lowering the price of VSATs
... idle, above the heads of potential customers During this period, satellite television began evolving as fast as satellite communications. Even when a satellite receiver cost a few hundred dollars, and the antenna was 1-1.5 metres in diameter, they...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
... not exchanged directly but always via the server in the regional centre, which contains communication software and a database. The communication software reacts to incoming messages from the mobile clients and stores the information in its...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
...People with non-space backgrounds were especially encouraged to participate and several leaders in the global space community - including entrepreneurs, academics, policy experts, technical experts and business managers - came to serve as mentors and...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... involvement in space activities. When I signed up on asgardiaspace.com later that day I was already a member of a 10,000-strong community of space enthusiasts from around the world. In just three weeks half a million new ‘citizens’ had enrolled...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
...services to the developing world. Today, the primary technology for providing internet access is based on fibre optical communication. Physical cables are laid worldwide to connect continents and to provide broadband access. The three main exceptions...
