October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
... They, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, announced a service aimed at combining the power of space communications and the cloud by co-locating satellite communications antennas with AWS data-centres. While spurring much debate and discussion among...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
..., which could lead to devastating and irreversibly extreme weather. Space Tech companies in the Earth observation, satellite communications and IoT (Internet of Things) spheres are rushing in to monitor, measure and track changes on Earth as space...
May 2022
Using space data to improve life on Earth
... computing industries. Since our applications would all be software-defined, it also meant we could continuously improve our satellites, even after they had been launched, through on-orbit software upgrades. Spire is vertically integrated, with both...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
...aeronautical, maritime and government customers. Geostationary orbit (GEO) is an especially favourable orbit for satellite communications, because satellites in GEO appear from the ground to be stationary. However, gravitational forces exerted by the...
March 2015
Ka-band satellite communication and lowering the price of VSATs
... since 6 April 1965 and the launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite. In that time three technological revolutions in satellite communication have occurred right before my eyes. All three were connected with mastering new...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... and to provide broadband access. The three main exceptions are local Wi-Fi networks, mobile broadband and satellite communications. In all three cases, internet connections are supplied over a small region by a local broadcasting router, gateway...
