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UK SpaceTech Open Cosmos launches two satellites to bring connectivity to hard-to-reach areas across the globe
2021-03-24 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Leading UK SpaceTech firm Open Cosmos has achieved a major milestone in its mission to democratise space with the launch of two commercial nanosatellites created entirely at its Harwell Campus-based HQ in the heart of the UK’s space industry. The launch on Monday saw two Open Cosmos nanosatellites launched into the skies aboard the Soyuz-2 rocket from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan where Sputnik was launched, along with the South Korean Earth observation satellite CAS500-1, and around 30 other satellites. One of the Open Cosmos satellites is the latest addition to the Lacuna Space IoT constellation, which provides a service using LoRaWAN®, a leading open global standard for IoT LPWAN connectivity, along with a new demonstrator satellite for telecoms operator Sateliot to provide 5G Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities in remote areas across the globe. The satellites travelled to Kazakhstan, after passing strict testing in controlled environments and receiving the operations license from the UK Space Agency (UKSA). The device was then integrated into the deployer in the rocket, which when the Soyuz-2.1A rocket hit 500km from Earth, was ejected in order to take up its mission to travel around the earth and provide connectivity services…read more on TotalTele.com »
OneWebs recovery will see satellites to be used for aircraft WiFi
2021-03-19 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Commercial planes may soon be set to receive broadband internet for the first time courtesy of OneWeb and their LEO satellite constellation. OneWeb announced today that it has entered into a commercial agreement with SatixFy to deliver in-flight connectivity terminals that will work with OneWeb’s growing constellation as well as geostationary satellite networks. The terminals will use multi-beam antenna technologies allowing them to operate simultaneously while connected to numerous satellites…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Satellites beat balloons in race for flying internet
2021-01-25 14:00:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Google's Loon bows out - but thousands of satellites are taking to the skies to beam down the internet.
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Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk
2020-12-29 02:38:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
One of Japan's largest companies has partnered with Kyoto University in what would be a world first.
SpaceX raises USD 1.9 bln in new funding, launches more Starlink satellites
2020-08-19 08:58:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) SpaceX also announced another successful launch with its Falcon 9 rocket. It launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida 58 satellites for its Starlink broadband network and three observation satellites for PlanetLabs. This was the sixth launch with this booster and it was again recovered at sea after the launch.
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