07 October 2020
Chinese company seeks approval to launch nearly 13,000 satellites
... of the initiative. China are already planning three low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations; Hongyun, which plans 864 satellites; Hongyan, which plans around 320 satellites, and Galaxy Space. While these three are oriented toward broadband...
September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... launch. It plans to offer global internet coverage and to have the network operating by 2024. OneWeb has an 800-satellite constellation planned for 2020, again focused on global broadband, while Google and Samsung are also mulling similar...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... and each is about one hundreth of the cost of the next cheapest SAR satellite. Another example is Spire Global, which has a hundred-satellite constellation for weather observations that currently produces five-day forecasts more accurate than...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
...mainstream and is now open to the public market. Equipped with US$21 million in new funding, Satellite Vu will launch its initial seven-satellite constellation in 2023 and begin thermal monitoring of Earth. The company’s orbital view of heat and cold...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...nine such triplets have been launched. Jianbing 8 satellite constellation. On 6 November, 2021, China successfully launched a triplet of satellites, Yaogan 35 01-A, -B and -C. The satellites were placed in a circular orbit of almost 500 km/35 degrees...
18 December 2024
EU to launch advanced constellation to counter Musk’s Starlink
...and secure connectivity amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity. A contract to deliver the multi-orbital satellite constellation was signed this week in Brussels by the European Commission with the SpaceRISE, a consortium specially created...
