October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...). Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJS) TJS is a series of Chinese satellites that have been deployed in geostationary orbit since 2015 and presented by Chinese authorities as telecommunications satellites. Specific features have not been published and...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... 40 percent of terrestrial solar and eight percent of offshore wind. It is also important to note that any single SPS in a geostationary orbit can see a quarter of the globe and in an instant can move its beam from one location to another...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... locations. Space-based solar power involves transforming solar power into electricity via photovoltaic cells in geostationary orbit around Earth. The power is then transmitted wirelessly in the form of microwaves at 2.45 GHz to dedicated receiver...
18 October 2019
Companies unite to reject SpaceX satellite plans
... Commission defer consideration of SpaceX’s intention to modify its license for a Ku/Ka-band non-geostationary orbit as “SES entities operate both NGSO and geostationary orbit (“GSO”) FSS networks that use these bands.” Not only is that a problem say...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... attack display with attack sequencing marks. Escalation control There is a vast region of space between geostationary orbit and the Moon that is not routinely tracked by terrestrial space surveillance sensors Due to the global nature of ...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... famous article in Wireless World where he discussed the idea of spacing three satellites 120 degrees apart along a geostationary orbit to provide global coverage of the Earth’s surface, except for the polar regions. This helped to create the...
