SatMagazine: The satellite industry is experiencing significant changes that are part of a long term from a legacy GEO satellite-based broadcasting business to more data centric use cases through new satellite architectures.
Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council: 5G is the next generation of mobile and wireless broadband technology expected to overtake 4G in terms of latency, number of devices connected, access speeds, remote coverage availability as well as energy consumption.
SatelliteProMe: “In 2018, the region’s combined total expenditures were just under $1.3bn, led by the UAE ($383m), Qatar ($186m), Egypt ($177m) and Saudi Arabia ($165m).”
Financial Times: The world’s biggest space companies are stepping up plans to capture a nascent market in satellite technology in a bid to make up for plunging sales caused by the cultural shift away from watching television to using mobile phones and computers.
SpaceNews: The exponential growth of the global market for small satellites with a launch mass below 500 kilograms over the last decade is due in part to a small initial market size. The smallsat market experienced a 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to 2018. Even greater expansion is expected between 2019 and 2024.
La Tribune: Arianespace lance un service innovant d'accès rapide à l'orbite géostationnaire (GEO) pour une nouvelle génération de petits satellites. La société européenne offre une première opportunité de lancement pour la mission GO-1, qui pourra emporter plus de 4.5 tonnes de charge utile au premier semestre 2022.
Challenges: EXCLUSIF - La police française a enquêté sur le plus gros piratage mondial de contenus audiovisuels. Le service pirate, disponible par satellite et IPTV, serait abrité par l'Arabie Saoudite afin d'affaiblir le groupe qatari beIN Sports dans une lutte géopolitique régionale.
Reuters: Almost 50 years after launching its first artificial satellite into orbit, Beijing is strengthening its foothold in space. Plans to construct a new space station and send a mission to Mars are underway.
Fortune: Fifty years after the Apollo 11 astronauts first walked on the moon, global investment in space is blasting off again. According to new data from space-market specialists Euroconsult, last year 18 countries spent at least $200 million on space-related activities, from satellites to exploration.
CNN: Fifty years ago, when the Apollo 11 astronauts became the first human beings to land on the moon, the Chinese space program had yet to launch a single satellite.
