October 2025
Software defined satellites and the ground segment
... and management systems. Rigidity in both space and ground segments has, to a certain degree, constrained satellite communications. Unfortunately, the process of virtualising the ground segment is far from straightforward. However, if ground...
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...
06 September 2017
First ever voice call by nano-satellite technology
... Sky and Space Global and we are very pleased to be announcing this news and setting a precedent in the satellite communications industry. After months of hard work we are starting to put our vision into practice. Our technology works...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... that will be affected. The Italian team state that detectors used in radio-astronomy are already swamped by satellite communication signals from space stations as well as from the ground and this situation will be only compounded when...
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...
