Zoic Labs, a spin-off from a Hollywood visual effects studio, is helping transform how space operators and intelligence analysts view data.
At Satellite Innovation 2022, there was widespread recognition of the importance of interoperability among satcom and telecom service providers.
Apple/Globalstar’s announcement of emergency satellite-to-cell phone service is the most powerful one to date. Many of the hurdles lie under the hood of systems and network interoperability. It’s about chipsets and waveforms, back-office systems working together, business processes and more.
Constellations spoke to Charles Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of Lynk, a company developing a constellation that aims to turn satellites into cell towers that will extend ubiquitous mobile coverage to the world’s population. About five of the world’s eight billion people have mobile devices, yet just 10% of the planet is covered from a square mile perspective, offering a lot of room for growth.
The European Space Agency (ESA) scrapped a planned late-September update on when the Ariane 6 rocket will fly and whether the agency will be obliged to go to SpaceX to launch at least one European government mission as a result of continued Ariane 6 delays.
The head of U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC), Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein called for improved information sharing with allies during a keynote speech at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) conference. “We’ve got to free the data,” Guetlein said, referring to space domain awareness (SDA) information shared between commercial partners and allied nations.
The space industry remains on a growth path despite ongoing supply chain challenges caused by the pandemic and geopolitical tensions. While the difficulties are not isolated to one part of the industry, satellite manufacturers have been visibly adding floor space throughout recent economic disruptions.
At an online event produced by GVF, executives from Intelsat, Kratos, SES and ST Engineering iDirect discussed the partnerships taking hold between cloud and satellite service providers and how moving to the cloud will impact service offerings in the future. Panelists agreed that cloud adoption was positively transforming the industry.
Constellations spoke with Thomas Gardner, Director of Engineering/Mission Systems at Advanced Space of Colorado, about some of the new navigation and cislunar technologies it will be demonstrating on the upcoming Artemis 1 mission. The launch of Artemis 1 is the first step in NASA’s program to put humans back on the surface of the Moon before moving onto Mars in the next decade.
