06 October 2015
Facebook, Eutelsat to beam Internet from space to Africa
... and inefficient, so we need to invent new technologies,” he said. The Israeli company Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite will fly in geostationary orbit, Eutelsat said in a press release. Facebook and Eutelsat have agreed to pay $95 million for a five-year...
27 November 2015
Space Elevator Could be Made out of Diamonds
...a cable anchored on Earth and reach out beyond geostationary orbit. Gravitational and centrifugal forces would then ensure that ... elevator could then be used to deliver cargo into orbit without the need for rockets. Nanothreads specifically could be ...
04 July 2017
Rocket failure could delay China's Chang'e 5 mission
.... The rocket was carrying Shijian-18, a seven metric tonne experimental communications satellite that was to be placed into geostationary orbit, some 36,000 km above Earth. Great expectations are riding on the success of the Long March 5 which was...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
..., sea and air power). The spacepower attribute of perspective allows satellites in orbit above Earth’s surface, from several hundred kilometres to 36,000 km in geostationary orbit, coverage over great distances within and beyond national boundaries...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
..., 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 to remain correctly pointed, than by its...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... of spacecraft to operators, as is the case with big spacecraft (for instance, heavy communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit). As a result, vertical integration occurs in these SSC developing companies. Previously, space companies did almost...
