Starlink’s market entry and capacity surge are reshaping the satellite industry, challenging finances but promising growth through 2023’s consolidation and C-band proceeds bolstering key players.
Commercial space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities, once rooted on terra firma, are expanding into space, a vantage point that proponents say will increase the currency and accuracy of information in an increasingly congested orbital environment.
Analysts at Euroconsult share exclusive details from their report, “Prospects for Direct to Handheld and IoT Markets,” outlining the growth prospects for satellite direct-to-device connectivity.
The satellite industry has been working to bring space down to Earth by making on-orbit insights, data and connectivity more accessible. Loft Orbital is advancing the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for space with the first virtual mission satellite.
Given the potential $35 billion in revenue opportunities for the convergence of satellite and global telecommunications, there is growing recognition that the space sector will need to learn to speak using terrestrial standards—not the other way around.
BlackBerry’s report uncovers the AeroBlade cyber campaign targeting U.S. aerospace from September 2022 to July 2023, using sophisticated tactics for commercial espionage, reflecting growing concerns about the vulnerability of the space sector.
Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, Assistant Director for Space Policy at the White House OSTP, discusses the U.S. vision for future space exploration, focusing on microgravity research, novel space activities like ISAM, and the evolving role of public-private partnerships in the space sector.
Two United Nations agencies appealed to international telecommunications regulators to block attempts by terrestrial mobile interests to get access to spectrum used by high-resolution radar satellites to assess climate change. It was eight years ago, that ITU delegations agreed to double the amount of spectrum allocated to radar Earth observation measurements, to 1,200 MHz. The new spectrum resulted in higher-resolution imagery.
New Earth Observation sensors have the potential to either expand the satellite imagery market or eat into the profits of existing providers, depending on their ability to complement or compete with traditional imaging.
