The Viasat-3 Americas satellite has definitively lost more than 90% of its expected terabit-per-second of throughput but Viasat Inc. has concluded that capacity it has leased from third parties, plus fleet additions from its Inmarsat acquisition, will mean the satellite will not be replaced.
Despite a challenging investment environment, venture capital funds like Type One are focused on early-stage space tech companies with a big vision.
A new plug-in from Geon Technologies aims to make digital IF implementations easier by automating DIFI data packet construction, reducing the need for custom code.
Constellations spoke with Spencer Boyajian at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics about international collaboration in space among university students.
New emissions reporting rules and advances in sensor technologies could usher in an expanded role for satellites in combating climate change.
The outage of the Starlink satellite network on Sept. 13 lasted no more than about an hour but is an example of why having backup capacity is essential for some business applications, industry officials said. “Resilience of the architecture is key,” said Steve Nixon, chief executive of the Smallsat Alliance.
Satellite operators are embracing multi-orbit strategies, with implications for antenna manufacturers, ground segment vendors and collaboration across the industry.
Euroconsult CEO Pacôme Révillon outlines the most significant areas of discussion among satellite industry leaders at WSBW 2023.
Satellite fleet operator Intelsat recently announced testing space-to-ground. Civil government and military markets are an area of high growth as governments outsource services they used to develop on their own. It is this growth that led to an Intelsat agreement with Starlink.
