Age of Astropolitics~II
Satellites are integral to our life and civilisation. Without them, there would be no communication network or Global Positioning System (GPS).
Satellites are integral to our life and civilisation. Without them, there would be no communication network or Global Positioning System (GPS).
In order to make India a geospatial hub, a public-private partnership (PPP) model could be followed whereby the private sector can build, launch and maintain earth observation satellites constellation with the Indian government being an assured customer and also funding the project, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) said.
The second batch of 36 satellites belonging to the UK-based Network Access Associated Ltd (OneWeb) has been fitted inside the Indian rocket LVM3's heatshield.
Samsung Electronics on Thursday announced that it has secured standardised 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) modem technology for direct communication between smartphones and satellites, especially in remote areas.
OneWeb has partnered with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the national space agency of India -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) -- to facilitate this launch.
The satellites, both belonging to the Yaogan-32 family, were launched by a Long March-2C rocket with an upper stage on its top, at 10:43 am (local time), Xinhua news agency reported.
A bread loaf-sized NASA satellite has produced the world’s first map of the global distribution of atmospheric ice in the…
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Thursday successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, equipped with X-band radar which is…
India on Friday deployed a remote sensing Cartosat and 30 other satellites, including 28 from six nations into the earth’s…
India began countdown early Thursday for launching 31 satellites in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from its spaceport here,…
