April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
.... The pandemic has helped to accelerate this movement, despite negatively impacting some of the same industries. Satellite communications is where it rains The delivery of cloud services via satcom represents by far the largest revenue potential...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
...to provide test and development platforms for a wide array of possible software solutions. Inter-satellite communications and distributed-instrument satellite missions will need actual space hardware to fully qualify any software components. Maritime...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... Cambodia in 2021 with plans to integrate BeiDou equipment into the Cambodian logistics and transportation sectors. In the satellite communications sector, China has made it clear that it plans to launch a LEO broadband constellation, and state-owned...
January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... shielding or to conduct evasive manoeuvres - and they threaten the long-term benefits of space activities. Interconnected satellite communications networks. Debris removal Today, there are about a million human-made objects in the 1 to 10 cm size...
September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... and Bob Twiggs who developed the CubeSat standard widely used by the small satellite community. Together, we aimed to set the foundation for small satellite solutions. Size has, by definition, been a key factor in the smallsat revolution. To match...
October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
...About the author John Yates is CEO of Atheras Analytics and has 35 years’ experience in the commercial satellite communications sector. After completing a BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Nottingham and a post...
