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...
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...
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...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...-ups with GPS alternative and cybersecurity solutions. For example, Seraphim’s portfolio company ArQit is building a satellite constellation using quantum key distribution for cybersecurity applications, whilst another, Xona Space Systems, is looking...
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...
