Innovation
January 8, 2019
Visa and SiriusXM Connected Vehicles Services revealed plans for a new in-vehicle payment solution. The companies are aiming to enhance the way customers spend their time in-vehicle and plan to offer the SiriusXM e-wallet to manufacturers who deploy SiriusXM's connected vehicle services. The SiriusXM e-wallet is being designed to integrate into vehicle dashboards, aiming to allow…
January 7, 2019
Prevailing trends in satellite telecommunications have brought the industry to a crossroads. The successful navigation of which will depend on what happens with ground operations, as much as in space. Bandwidth prices have dropped sharply amid a capacity glut magnified by decreasing demand from television broadcasters — a longtime anchor customer for satellite operators. These…
January 3, 2019
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) reported that China was the first nation to successfully touch down on the far side of the moon. Chinese probe Chang'e 4 made a landing on Wednesday at 10:26 a.m. Beijing time within the South Pole-Aitken basin, in the Von Karman crater on the moon. This moon landing "marked…
December 20, 2018
Cloud Constellation, a space-based cloud service provider of data security services, revealed that HCH Group Company made a commitment of $100 million towards its Series "B" equity round. Cloud Constellation's SpaceBelt is a cloud service for the protection of an organization's strategic, mission-critical data assets. Cloud Constellation's SpaceBelt Data Security as a Service (DSAAS) aims to…