Recent advances in minimally invasive robotic telesurgery — now being performed via satellite — are taking on greater significance now that space agencies are planning flights to the moon and perhaps Mars that will last considerably longer than missions conducted today. NASA is conducting robotic telesurgery and sensor support experiments under its NASA Extreme Environments…

In May, NASA and 13 other space agencies released "The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination,”  which is designed to spur sharing of space exploration-related information. Along with NASA, signatories include the European Space Agency (ESA) and agencies from Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, the Republic of Korea…

When President Bush unveiled his Vision for Space Exploration in early 2004, he declared that the United States would return to the moon, with a series of robotic missions paving the way for future human exploration by 2020. Not all of these planned lunar projects will make it off the drawing board, but private companies…

Satellite operators have enough Ka-band capacity to meet market demand, but new Ka-band service startups across the globe are faced with a lack of demand when it comes to serving each distinct market. North America remains the main user of Ka-band capacity, analysts said, but According to Patrick French, regional director, Europe and senior analyst…