February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... less power than far away in GEO; and the cost of launch is less. These benefits are compounded in satellite constellations. For example, SpaceX estimates that it will be able to provide global internet with moderate broadband coverage using...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... is China’s first, self-developed, commercial remote sensing satellite system and is operated by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Corporation (CGSTC). The Jilin-1 satellite constellation is the core project and will eventually be composed of 138...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to build its 900 satellite constellation - that will ultimately see the company churning them out at 15 satellites a week – following a co-funding agreement with the state of Florida. Start...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... by the phrase ‘Sustainable Earth & Space’, with two practical results of this policy being the Atlantic Satellite Constellation and monitoring space debris. Is Portugal looking to specialise in terms of the industry or technology? Our declared goal...
25 May 2016
Successful liftoff for Soyuz
...bring them to their final working orbit. “Today’s textbook launch has added two more satellites to what has become Europe’s largest satellite constellation,” commented Jan Woerner, Director General of ESA in a press conference yesterday. “It was made...
16 August 2017
DigitalGlobe signs DAP contract with Australian Department of Defence
...'s long-standing partner. The system will support tasking, reception and precision processing of imagery from the satellite constellation. Ground antenna systems that will enable direct tasking and downlink capabilities will be provided by VIASAT.
