March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
..., cellular technologies, and Wi-Fi all popularized the idea that all information could be readily available to anyone with an internet connection. As these technologies advanced it became obvious that satellite was not always the best way to move...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
... in order to complete the same type of observation. Even radio observatories will not go unaffected as satellite constellations beam internet connectivity to the remote corners of Earth via radio frequencies that are very close to those set aside...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... community to think what means more: ground-based astronomy and traditional views of the night sky, or cheaper internet from space,” he says. Gallozzi and colleagues state it is absolutely necessary to put in place all possible measures to protect...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... notes its customers plan to use the smaller satellites for a variety of humanitarian causes, including providing broadband internet access to remote areas; collecting more accurate weather data; and identifying asteroids that could represent threats...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... accurate tracking and low-cost data transfer services, which can be a particular problem in remote locations where Internet access can be expensive or impossible (if there is no available coverage). Fleet says the main applications for its small...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
..., multiple CubeSat swarms consisting of smaller individual networks (within each swarm) can be analogous to the structure of the Internet. Essentially, there can be an infinite number of satellites and ground stations that can enter and gain access...
