Author: Robert Bell
July 2, 2024
For at least two decades, there has been rising recognition and concern about a problem for our industry. Not a little problem. A big, hairy bodacious problem that could put our entire business out of business. It’s the problem of keeping things in Earth orbit from smashing into other things. Space, with the support of…
January 9, 2024
Thanks to Starlink and OneWeb, broadband from the sky dominates the view of the satellite data business for both the industry and the public. It's all about hundreds of Mbps crossing from terminals to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to gateways and back again. That makes it easy to forget the power of small bursts of…
October 9, 2023
The longer you live, the more you realize how much of the world’s life takes place in the shadows. They are not good places, the shadows. It’s where warlords grow rich from destroying the lives of people unlucky enough to be within their reach. It’s where human traffickers prosper and polluters hide their poisons and…
July 24, 2023
Do you ever pause to consider what’s behind the everyday world you inhabit? Have you wondered who built the bridge you are driving over, what’s going on inside your phone or computer, and where the gold in your jewelry comes from? I like to pause while walking through airports. The next time you travel, stop…