31 July 2020
Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation gets FCC approval
... Amazon’s plans to deploy its Project Kuiper mega constellation of 3,236 satellites, so that the internet giant can provide continuous broadband internet access to millions across the globe. Amazon filed its application to the FCC last July...
30 March 2020
OneWeb files for bankruptcy over financial difficulties
...part of its constellation of satellites to provide global internet access, announced that it has filed for bankruptcy in...-Earth Orbit constellation of satellites that would provide broadband internet access to users around the world fully covering the...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... that are best positioned to seize the emerging opportunities. There may be useful analogies with the growth of internet-based companies in the 1990s (the so-called ‘dot com boom’), and associated lessons to be learnt, such as developing...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... 40 billion celestial sources, will significantly contribute to the worldwide democratisation of science. LSST will be in some sense an internet telescope: the ultimate network peripheral device to explore the universe, and a shared resource for all...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... to lack of fuel. On-orbit servicing may one day change the economics of space access Much like the internet has changed the economics of broadcasting; on-orbit servicing may one day change the economics of space access...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... by Richard Branson at Virgin and Elon Musk of SpaceX that they are funding hundreds of satellites, to extend the Internet backbone to low Earth orbit and other commercial projects. The response? Google’s investment of a billion dollars into...
