March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... government agencies in the development of the space industry. This turning point will include advances in satellites and satellite communications technologies – but it will also likely be a time of new challenges, particularly wherein cyber security...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... edge when compared to alternative solutions. Consecutive bankruptcies of systems like Iridium (1999, satellite communications), Globalstar (2002, satellite communications), RapidEye (2011, ERS) showed that the investors’ initial hopes were highly...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... with MediaMobil/SASS@Sea Development of the world’s poorest countries is empowered through access to communications technology via satellite communications. Through satcoms, developing nations have immediate access to some of the world’s most...
January 2017
Israeli students inspired by nano-satellite projects
.... Using the ground station, students also tracked and communicated with various satellites to learn about satellite communications - they contacted amateur-radio satellites, weather satellites and research facilities - and even made contact with...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... in some cases new players to spaceflight and space-based communication. Within a few decades the number of constellation satellites launched will be greater than the number of satellites ever launched Space traffic debris A significant disadvantage...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
...in the GEO orbit? The year 1963 saw the dawn of the commercial satellite era with the launch of the first GEO satellite, Syncom 2. Geosynchronous satellite communications have since brought many benefits to mankind. But as a result of past activities...
