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A Closer Look at VLEO: The New Frontier in Orbit
As the fast-evolving commercial satellite sector looks to leverage the advantages of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), situated at the edge of space in orbits between 250 and 400 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, several satellite firms see it as transformative for commercial and defense space applications.
“VLEO is incredibly exciting because it’s a new frontier,” says Chad Fish, vice president of strategy and CTO of Orion Space Solutions, a subsidiary of Arcfield. The benefits of being closer to Earth are clear: sharper imagery, better signal quality, precise positioning, reduced latency, efficient spectrum use, and a "self-cleaning" orbit where debris…[continued]
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