July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
...athome and abroad, can be considerable Smaller space players, such as Indonesia, Taiwan and Singapore, are pursuing satellite communications technology and other space applications with direct economic benefits, and appear less focused on science and...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...it is in orbit. For example, there are four operating systems for personal satellite communications: Iridium, GlobalStar, Thuraya and Orbcomm. This equals 140 satellites in orbit at an investment cost of $15bn. There are about one million subscribers...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
... or totally missing. To work around this, Sarontar uses satellite communication when terrestrial networks are unavailable. The rescuer is equipped with a handheld satellite modem. It communicates with the smartphone via Bluetooth and switches between...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... markets and the world trading system all rely on global positioning technology and satellite communication to function. Of note, although many satellite launch companies are privately owned, or of public-private partnership status, the majority...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... purposes. Space weather events are of increasing concern and, with the ever growing use of technology relying on satellite communications, the risk of major outage or disruption to daily life must be taken seriously not just by space agencies but...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... and space education sectors. As a chartered physicist and chartered engineer, he has 40 years’ experience in satellite communications engineering and consultancy. He is also the author of six books (including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space...
