Opinion

When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut? - Via Satellite

Satellites can be key players in the global response to the migration crisis, offering unique monitoring and humanitarian communication capabilities.

Latency in satellite communications has long been considered a fundamental limitation, but new developments are challenging that assumption.

As new HTS systems come online over Africa, the question remains whether purchasing power on the continent can drive a viable commercial satellite business.

The next three to five years of video industry development in Asia Pacific could be about two parallel ecosystems, which, depending on the market and the trend, will either collide […]

In the business of space there is much competition between states. Many governments are competing to attract companies to submit ITU filings through their national administration or to apply for […]

With the issuance of one resolution this past April, His Highness Vice President and Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, […]

World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC) come around every three or four years, and provide the satellite industry an opportunity to seek spectrum and rationalize international regulations. Like other WRCs, November’s conference […]

Imagine you’re a young twenty-something and you’ve just graduated college. The entire world is open to you — particularly an entire world of jobs, because you just earned a Science, […]

The death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa has exceeded 10,000 since the first reported case in December 2013. Cases of the highly contagious disease have been confirmed […]

China is estimated to have the world's fourth largest government expenditures for civil space programs. However, its commercial satellite communication market is still in the developing stage.

European Commission (EC) policy, in its drive to advance the “Single Digital Market” — and therefore seamless operation of services across European Union (EU) borders — has encouraged a greater […]

Transportation modes that were human run and controlled could be replaced by machine control in the near term. Though there are various technologies available currently, such as advanced parking systems […]

Back in the late 1990s, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites were thought to represent the future of the industry, and vast amounts of press attention were lavished on small LEOs, […]

Brain surgeons in Edinburgh operating on patients in New Zealand.” This is what Arthur C. Clark predicted in 1964 when he looked into the future to the year 2000. 3-D […]