March 2015
Ka-band satellite communication and lowering the price of VSATs
...Mhz, 5 times that allocated for C-band and Ku-band. At the same time, satellite designers had another breakthrough. They created the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) based on ultra-precise antenna calculations and projections. Instead of pointing just...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...development will be driven by SBSP and it will unlock routine satellite servicing missions. The implication is that satellite design can be revolutionised: not design for de-orbit, but design for maintenance, for upgrades, providing the blueprint for...
28 June 2023
New wildfire monitoring constellation
...preparatory work to for the implementation phases of a publicly funded wildfire monitoring satellite. The two companies are leveraging their collective experience in satellite design and manufacturing and wildfire detection from space to help the CSA...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... operate is inherently harsh. However, advances in materials science and satellite design have meant that the operational lifetime of a satellite in geostationary orbit, assuming no extraordinary solar activity, is determined more by its ability...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... analytics company OpenWhere, for its geospatial intelligence platform. Satellogic, a company developing a constellation of satellites designed to provide 1 m resolution optical and hyperspectral imagery, has raised US$80 million so far and launched...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...‘one unit’ or ‘1U’) measuring 10 x 10 x 10 cm. Such standardisation greatly simplifies and accelerates satellite design and development, and allows larger satellites to be constructed by combining multiple units together in a somewhat similar fashion...
