The trend toward smaller satellites began, thanks to academia. Some of the earliest examples of small satellites came out of Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University ...

This marked the first demonstration that Astranis' small satellite technology worked in ... providers in remote areas—for example, instead of laying expensive fiber cables to remote cell towers ...

SpaceX, for example, started a SmallSat “rideshare” business in 2019 with its hefty Falcon 9 rocket, and the company so far has launched six missions dedicated to small satellites for various ...

Iridium Communications is exploring the potential use of small satellites to demonstrate advanced positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities. Iridium CEO Matt Desch discussed this ...

Small GEO platforms are an example of solutions the commercial satellite industry is pioneering to make satellite communication systems more resilient and less costly, DeLaPena added.

When a satellite is in low Earth orbit (2,000km or less), it experiences orbital decay as it drags closer and closer to the surface, eventually burning up. But these cube satellites (CubeSats ...

As an example, he cited both Reliance Jio and ... that the country needs to rush to capture the interest in launching small satellites commercially, as the world lacks a dedicated launcher for ...

About Exolaunch Exolaunch (Germany, USA) is a global leader in launch mission integration and deployment technologies for small satellites. With a decade of flight heritage and over 430 satellites ...

The second sonic boom of the day rattled the Space Coast after dark on April 21 — a Falcon 9 booster had just returned to the Cape Canaveral Landing Zone after hoisting aloft a rideshare mission ...