nano-satellite
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There will be 17,000 satellites launched over the next 10 years, a fourfold increase over the previous 10 years, says satellite consultancy Euroconsult.
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There will soon be another cell tower in space according to OQ Technology, which has unveiled plans for its Tiger-3 launch.
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SpaceX has formally completed its takeover of nano-satellite company Swarm, whose co-founders have taken senior positions with Elon Musk’s operation.
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OQ Technology, the company run by Omar Qaise, says it has successfully used its new nanosatellite for tracking a moving car.
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Swedish-owned small satellite company AAC Clyde Space has expanded to South Africa, by setting up a cubesat base near Cape Town.
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SpaceX is to buy Swarm Technologies, the company that has started a nanosatellite-based internet of things (IoT) business.
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Nano-satellite company Swarm has introduced its own Raspberry Pi-style terminal so that developers can work on new applications.
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A US-based satellite company says it has applied for a licence from the regulator that will enable it to connect cellphones directly, where there is no tower reception.
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Sara Spangelo has a customer who wants to use her Swarm IoT satellites to track whales. First challenge: how to stick a Swarm device on the outside of a whale. Alan Burkitt-Gray dives into the full story
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OQ Technology has recruited Lithuanian satellite company NanoAvionics to build a tiny satellite for 5G internet of things services.
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Just Eat sandwich bar founder Laurens Groenendijk has left satellite company Hiber, where he was co-founder and managing director.
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Satellite company OneWeb has signed a contract worth US$73 million for user terminals.
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An Indian rocket has successfully launched 12 satellites for Swarm, a Californian company that is planning to build a space-based internet of things (IoT).
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Micro-satellite company Swarm says it will charge as little as US$5 a month to connect each device to the internet.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world
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It’s going to be a decade when satellites become vital to the development of high-speed broadband, according to a number of forecasters.
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US nano-satellite company Swarm Technologies has launched its latest 24 satellites, using a launchpad on New Zealand’s Māhia peninsula operated by Rocket Lab.
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Airtel founder Sunil Mittal will be executive chairman of the revived satellite company OneWeb, which has emerged from US bankruptcy protection.
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UK-based Lacuna Space is stepping up its monitoring of the climate emergency with the latest of its satellites, launched on Saturday.
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UK-based Lacuna Space has successfully tried out its space-borne internet of things (IoT) network, using a new satellite orbiting at 500km.
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Hiber has set up a subscription-based satellite network to let oil and gas companies monitor their wells and other plant.
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Lacuna Space’s second internet of things (IoT) satellite is now in orbit, following a successful launch on a Soyuz-2 rocket.
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OneWeb is to re-start satellite launched in December and plans to have most of its fleet in service by the end of 2022.
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Californian nano-satellite company Swarm has launched its first 12 commercial satellites into low-Earth orbit and is planning to announce prices and services.
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Satellite industry revenues will go down by 7% and will take more than three years to go back to last year’s levels, says a new report.
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SpaceX has launched the next 60 satellites in its plan to build its global Starlink network, ultimately designed to have 12,000 satellites.
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Intelsat, the 55-year-old satellite company, filed for bankruptcy protection last night, in a move apparently designed to allow it to benefit from a refarming of spectrum in the US.
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A new company is planning a global software-defined wholesale and enterprise network, using a combination of fibre and optical satellites. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to the people promoting the project.
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An Israeli-staffed UK-registered nano-satellite telecoms company that was listed in Australia has gone into administration.
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Nano satellite company Swarm has received its licences from the US regulator and plans to start customer service later this year.