Tag: Satellites
Government explores plan to boost broadband with £160m LEO satellites fund
The government is working to establish a potential £160m scheme to fund next generation of satellite communications development and boost UK’s leadership in growing global satellite market Satellites will be […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Starlink satellites to be deployed for UK rural broadband trial
Elon Musk’s satellite Starlink technology is to be part of a UK government trial to get better internet connectivity to remote parts of the country. The technology, which uses more […]
OneWeb plans to increase satellite constellation to 48,000
Global communications company OneWeb, the global communications company with a mission to connect governments, businesses and people everywhere, has submitted a modification request to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]
Dead satellites ‘pose very big’ danger to Earth
Around two-thirds of the satellites orbiting Earth are dead, posing a “very big danger” to the planet, European space ministers have heard. The European Space Agency (ESA) is proposing a […]
Glasgow-built supercomputer satellites blast into orbit
Glasgow-built satellites which could revolutionise how data is downloaded from space have been sent into orbit around Earth after blasting off on a Russian rocket on Friday morning. A pair […]
The Digest: Elon Musk’s next mission… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title=”Next”] Elon Musk’s next mission: internet satellites | The Wall Street Journal “Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shook up the automotive and aerospace industries with electric cars and cheap rockets. […]
Crazy plan aims to crowdfund a global satellite phone network
It sounds almost too good to be true – could we really be on the verge of having a global satellite phone network that will work with our existing smartphones? That's what Yaliny reckon – and they want people who…
NASA presents first 3D images of the sun
For the first time NASA has taken 3D images of the sun, using its Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites. The twin satellites, launched in 2006, were positioned on opposite sides of the sun to generate the images. Unlike…
