July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
... to Beijing and for reasons we may never know headed south. Inmarsat is a long-standing provider of satellite communication (satcom) safety services supporting aircraft on a worldwide basis. The company has over 30 years’ experience in designing...
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...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
... on solar sail technologies. The gas people didn’t take an interest in the mirror, but they were interested in satellite communication. In the end, part of the Kosmicheskaya Regata group, with Nikolay Sevastyanov at the helm, began developing the...
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...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... ten provisions from the American Space Renaissance act, including: New requirements for conducting the impending Satellite Communications Analysis of Alternatives to ensure the DoD fully explores commercial SATCOM capabilities and service models...
November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
... various executive positions within COM DEV. Mr Mabson has authored several technical papers related to satellite communications systems and previously served on the technology advisory board at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He graduated...
