Q-KON CEO Dawie de Wet talks about the huge changes happening in the satellite communications space and what they mean for consumers and for industry.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said in February that it was a “matter of sovereignty” to create a satellite offering that could rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX. He could now be getting his wish.
SpaceX on Friday broke its record for the number of rockets launched in a calendar year, topping last year’s slate of 31 missions.
The European Union revealed its most detailed plans yet for a low-earth orbit satellite system worth billions of euros.
OneWeb launched 34 satellites into orbit from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, expanding its in-orbit constellation to 322 satellites, it said on Wednesday.
Inmarsat Group, the UK’s biggest satellite company, plans to launch a constellation of low-earth orbit spacecraft and set up 5G wireless networks, joining a new space race against the likes of Elon Musk.
In a world divided between digital haves and have-nots, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are trying to close the gap by launching thousands of satellites to zip around the globe in what’s known as low-Earth orbit.
Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation and rebuild a collapsed venture.
A thunderous crackle ripped through the Amazon rain forest on Wednesday evening, carrying with it the notion that the world is entering a new, even more connected age.
When Elon Musk’s SpaceX heaved two communications satellites aloft last week, he joined a space race that’s foiled plenty of other dreamers. Billions of dollars have vanished in the quest to provide Internet service from low-earth