January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... on Earth enabling connectivity even in remote places. This need for ubiquitous connectivity drives the development of large constellations of satellites for broadband internet and the Internet of Things. This trend has led to a more than tenfold...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... decreasing, although in all fairness it should be noted that there hasn’t been a radical drop in the overall cost of constellation support due to the short active performance time of each spacecraft. Thirdly, a large amount of spacecraft could serve...
October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
... represents a material departure from the established norms and behaviours of the space industry. Generally, each satellite constellation builds a unique ground station network to serve the specific needs of its mission. The high cost of establishing...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... massive use of high-performance commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies has already proved the feasibility of constellations of several tens of cubesats weighing around 5 kg and costing a few thousands of dollars per unit. But NewSpace is not...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... with the use of artificial intelligence are still in the future. LEO satellite constellations are the truly global option. Depending on the type of constellation in place, they can cover the whole of planet Earth continuously. Satellites offer...
01 August 2023
Report predicts continued growth of smallsat market
... the 10-year period, according to Euroconsult, the leading global strategy consulting and market intelligence firm. Two constellations alone - Starlink (SpaceX) and GuoWang (China SatNet) - will collectively account for nearly two-thirds of smallsats...
