Communications Satellites

Satellite Design


2013 – Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) Satellite Design Activities

Over the past few years, several companies have deployed new satellites designed to use the relatively less crowded Ka-band set of frequencies to support delivery of space-based internet broadband. Operators such as Eutelsat, Avanti Communications in the United Kingdom, and ViaSat in the United… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide to…

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2012 – MSS Satellite Design Activities

MSS providers offer satellite-based communications directly to consumers through devices such as mobile phones. Traditionally, these satellites have provided basic voice and data services to receivers aboard ships and in other places underserved by terrestrial facilities, such as isolated rural… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, Packed…

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2012 – Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) Satellite Design Activities

The number of FSS satellites has increased tremendously over the past five years due to the growth of several applications that drive the need for satellite capacity. Deregulation of international markets has sparked the licensing of many cable and DTH providers that provide customers with cont… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative…

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Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2012

Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure - TSR 2012 examines global human spaceflight operations to include the Chinese, and the US space stations, launch vehicles from all spacefaring nations, communications satellite constellations, PNT…

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2011 – MSS Satellite Design Activities

Total MSS revenues in 2010 reached $1.38 billion, an 8.8% increase over the previous year, and are expected to exceed $2.2 billion by 2020.9“Euroconsult Report Forecasts 7% Annual Increase in MSS Revenues in the Next 10 Years.” Satellite Markets and Research. June 16, 2011. http://www.satel… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide…

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2011 – Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) Satellite Design Activities

  Note: This exhibit is from The Space Report 2012. In 2010 and 2011, several highly specialized satellites that utilize a relatively underused frequency range, called the Ka-band, were placed into orbit to support space-based internet broadband delivered directly to homes or small businesses… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide to…

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2008 – MSS Satellite Design Activities – Snapshot

A new MSS venture was announced in September 2008. With the backing of $60 million from Google, HSBC, and Liberty Global, the “Other 3 Billion” (O3b) network was introduced. The O3b network targets the three billion consumers living in less developed countries mainly along the equator who do not hav… Thank you for visiting The…

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2008 – Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) Satellite Design Activities – Snapshot

Since 2004, the FSS sector has experienced steady increases in the utilization of its satellites, in some regions verging on exhaustion of currently available capacity. The major FSS players report utilization numbers exceeding 90% of available capacity in certain regions such as North America, the … Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative…

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2005 – Hybrid solutions are combining satellite and terrestrial capabilities

Bundled offerings and partnerships with terrestrial companies are expanding.New spectrum allocations support this growth, includingMSS with Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC).Advanced mobile phone services with data and video are leveraging satellite backhaul capabilities.[efn_note… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, Packed with Over a Decade of Data, Resources, and Information. VIEW…

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2005 – Broadband-to-Home

Sidebar — Consumer broadband services offered by WildBlue Communications, Inc. and Telesat Canada in North America attracted thousands of customers by the end of 2005, and hundreds of thousands are expected to sign up by the end of 2006. “This rate of growth would not be po… Thank you for visiting The Space Report! The Authoritative Guide to Global…

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