The advanced secure communications satellite, which is 6.7 metres high and 2.7 metres wide and weighs 6.1 tonnes, reached its correct orbital trajectory just nine minutes after liftoff.

Satellite communication has been with us since the very beginning of the space age. Once the sole property of governments, satellite communication is now available to anyone who has a need to ...

“SpainSat NG represents the next generation of secure satellite communications in Europe. This launch marks a key milestone in delivering more adaptable and secure communications services that ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) LVM3 rocket will launch in March a communication satellite of a US-based firm AST SpaceMobile that plans to provide space-based cellular broadband ...

Apple’s investment efforts underline its commitment to advancing this technology. The company recently invested another $1 billion in Globalstar, its partner for iPhone satellite features. This ...

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This kind of stable connection is of course essential to support voice calls and internet browsing, though Apple might not be thinking about a future satellite communications service in quite the ...

A Taiwan Space Agency satellite, Parus-T1A, has launched into orbit from California aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Taiwan-made communications satellite is among 131 payloads on the ride ...

Traditional RV and boat satellite internet options have relied on geostationary communication satellites that orbit over the equator. Since the satellites are moving at the same speed that the earth ...

Abstract: Satellite communication offers the prospect of service continuity over uncovered and under-covered areas, service ubiquity, and service scalability. However, several challenges must first be ...