October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology, working together in pairs (the satellite system is probably similar to the German TanDEM-X satellite system). Tianhui 2 satellites are believed to operate in the X-band and have a resolution of 3 m. The...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
...with various analyses suggesting significant growth as technologies and the market mature. The O3b mPOWER communications satellite system, owned and operated by SES provides global broadband connectivity for a range of applications including cellular...
October 2025
Software defined satellites and the ground segment
... as secure as the software it runs, and every connected node presents a potential entry point for cyber threats. As satellite systems become more interconnected and more reliant on virtual platforms, the need for robust security frameworks becomes...
02 May 2016
OneWeb Seeks Access to US Market.
...of broadband for everyone in the U.S. The OneWeb satellite constellation will help close the digital gap between developing...games, e-medicine, VOIP, and machine-to-machine services. The system will have low-cost, easy to install Ku-band user terminals...
10 July 2020
Satellite for US Air Force successfully launches
... constellation contract.” The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles Secondary Payload Adapter, or ESPA-class, satellite system will use L3Harris’ fully reprogrammable payload platform — allowing operators to reconfigure smallsat payloads on orbit...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... that some sort of cosmic protective engineering might be possible. A deployable magnetic system at the L-1 Lagrangian point coupled with a solar power satellite system might be able to provide a type of shielding that could also transmit solar...
