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Satellite Technologies (Satellite) stories - Page 6

Satellites are spatial objects placed in orbit to communicate with the Earth and provide a wide range of information services. Earth observation, communication, navigation as well as military are some of the main ways satellites are utilised.

Every satellite has its own trajectory according to its type. There are Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Satellites. Nowadays, 4,550 satellites are in orbit of the Earth, though 80 of them are LEO ones
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Iridium completes US$3 billion satellite constellation upgrade

Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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Iridium completes $3bn satellite constellation upgrade and introduces new transceiver for portable and IoT-friendly applications.
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Tongan fibre-optic cable outage relieved by satellite

Thu, 24th Jan 2019
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Recently Tonga suffered an outage in the submarine cable network that connects the island nation to the outside world.
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AWS announces pay-as-you-go satellite data download offering

Wed, 28th Nov 2018
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Leverages a network of 12 antenna ground stations in AWS Regions around the world to download, process, store, analyse, and act upon satellite data.
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With a mighty roar, Rocket Lab blasts off to space

Mon, 12th Nov 2018
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Success! It definitely was business time for Rocket Lab yesterday as its Electron launch vehicle blasted off from the Māhia Peninsula yesterday (November 11).
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AU startup hitches a ride to space with Rocket Lab

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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Rocket Lab and Australian IoT startup Fleet Space Technologies have signed a contract to launch two Proxima IoT satellites this month.
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These were the voyages of the Kepler space telescope

Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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After nine years exploring deep space, NASA's spacecraft and telescope will now be another piece of historical space junk.
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HPE opens up 'cloud above the clouds' for space travel

Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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HPE has launched a supercomputer on the ISS, enabling astronauts to analyse data in space, speeding up research without Earth-based delays.
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Exclusive: Kacific makes a bid for the APAC satellite broadband market

Mon, 17th Sep 2018
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Kacific Broadband Satellites has appointed Matteo Catanuto as VP of Sales for NZ and APAC, as it aims to expand its satellite broadband services in the region.
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Government invests $300m in nation's space sector, sets up first agency

Fri, 18th May 2018
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The UK Government is investing $41m into the nation's first space agency, aiming to secure a greater portion of the global space market.
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Data centres in outer space could happen sooner than you think

Thu, 29th Mar 2018
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An expert has stated that we could soon be launching data centres into outer space to utilise solar power & zero human error, among other things.
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Spaceborne computer set to teraFLOP its way across the Solar System

Thu, 22nd Feb 2018
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HPE's super space computer, launched into space by SpaceX, has achieved one teraFLOP status and is running smoothly.
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Cosmologists turn to HPE to tackle some of humanity's toughest questions

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Some of the worlds leading scientists brought together by Stephen Hawking have turned to Intel & HPE to crunch extraordinary amounts of data.
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SpaceX, rockets & a successful satellite launch brings new comm services

Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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Iridium Communications successfully launches third batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, bringing total in orbit to 30.
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SpaceX and Airbus team up launching the latest satellite technology into orbit

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 to hoist innovative EchoStar 105/SES-11, built by Airbus, enhancing global satellite services.
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HPE's Spaceborne computer successfully powers up in space

Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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One month after being launched into space, SpaceX's Spaceborne Computer is successfully powered on, achieving one teraFLOP.
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The rise of AI: should we be scared or ecstatic?

Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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Elon Musk warns AI's rise could eclipse North Korea threat, yet a tech utopia beckons. Are we on the brink of brilliance or disaster?.
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Optus Satellite & Seven Network - 31 year relationship extended another 4 years

Tue, 5th Sep 2017
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Optus Satellite and Seven Network strengthen ties as their 31-year collaboration is set to soar for another four years.
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NASA, SpaceX and HPE team up to send a supercomputer to space

Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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NASA, SpaceX, and HPE have collaborated to send an advanced supercomputer to the ISS, aiming to revolutionise Mars mission tech via a year-long experiment.
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One small step toward Mars, One giant leap for supercomputing

Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Spaceborne Computer, launched via a SpaceX rocket, will conduct a year-long ISS experiment to aid future Mars missions.
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Star Conflict: Engineer Evolved, could this update change the minds of a disgruntled player base?

Mon, 3rd Jul 2017
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With a fair bit of controversy surrounding the 'free-to-play' payment model, could this update change the minds of a disheartened playerbase?.