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...
October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... using virtualised products from vendors. Virtualisation is also steadily being adopted for satellite communications as well”. Satcoms Innovation Group Standards The satellite sector lags behind the telco sector by around a decade in this regard. The...
10 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...
03 June 2022
Study assesses future of satellite network C-Band sub-frequencies
... current and future supply and use of uplink and downlink frequency bands for satellite services. The independent study focused specifically on satellite communication and television services for member countries of the Arab Spectrum Management Group...
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...
