30 May 2017
Plans for Europe's first commercial video satellite constellation
... locations - and predict future events with more certainty. The first R&D satellite will be used to test performance and confirm capabilities for the future constellation, including tasking, data downlinks to ground stations, and image quality and...
06 September 2017
First ever voice call by nano-satellite technology
... space in June 2017 and is now preparing for the launch of a constellation of 200 more nano-satellites by 2020. Once carefully placed in selected orbits the nano-satellites will give equatorial coverage of the Earth, creating a global communication...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
...thereby reducing production times and cost of the beginning of active operations for a satellite constellation (when compared to large spacecraft constellations). Big companies miss out? Another reason the small spacecraft market is attractive to new...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... EO market as a new provider. Key initiatives Over the past decade, more than 33 projects for new EO satellite constellations have been announced. Although experts may remain sceptical of the capability of these projects to become operational, some...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... that might be gained with the use of artificial intelligence are still in the future. LEO satellite constellations are the truly global option. Depending on the type of constellation in place, they can cover the whole of planet Earth continuously...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... twenty to thirty such satlets will be assembled in orbit. How to cooperate on Earth? In order to provide effective satellite constellation operations and receive enormous volumes of ERS data, the creation of a global network of ground-based stations...
