Infrastructure
Communications Satellites
2018 New Communications Satellites Challenges
January 2018 marked the first time a U.S. communications satellite operator deployed satellites without the... January 2018 marked the first time a U.S. communications satellite operator deployed satellites without the…
2018 Communications Satellites Breakdown by Country
The top ### operators of the overall number of communications satellites deployed in 2018 are... Communications Satellites Operators:The top three operators of the overall number of communications satellites deployed in…
2018 Communications Satellites Breakdown by Payload Type
Of the ### communications satellites deployed in 2018, ##% of them (##) involved communications for... Of the 128 communications satellites deployed in 2018, 28% of them (36) involved communications for…
2018 Communications Satellites Breakdown by Mission Segment
The majority of communications satellites deployed in 2018, ##% (##), were for... The majority of communications satellites deployed in 2018, 66% (85), were for commercial purposes (or “missions”). Civil government…
2017 – Communications Satellites Overview
Aggregate revenues in the satellite communications industry have been relatively static over recent years, even as specific markets grew or declined. The ## communications satellites deployed in... Aggregate revenues in…
2016 – Communications Satellites Overview
The launch of Telstar 1 in July 1962 brought a novel way to communicate between continents and people. Despite changes in technology since then, the type of communications associated with…
2015 – Communications Satellites Overview
Constellations of communications satellites have been in use since the 1990s, and several companies are either in the midst of deploying second-generation constellations or completely new ones. Globalstar, Iridium, and…
2014 – Communications Satellites Overview
Communications satellites have been a crucial part of the global telecommunications infrastructure for decades. They bridge the oceans and connect continents with international telephone calls, bring live video footage of…
2005 – Hybrid solutions are combining satellite and terrestrial capabilities
Bundled offerings and partnerships with terrestrial companies are expanding.New spectrum allocations support this growth, includingMSS with Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC).Advanced mobile phone services with data and video are leveraging satellite backhaul capabilities.[efn_note]Satellite…
2005 – Broadband-to-Home
Sidebar -- Consumer broadband services offered by WildBlue Communications, Inc. and Telesat Canada in North America attracted thousands of customers by the end of 2005, and hundreds of thousands are expected to sign…