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Op-ed | Is hyperspectral the next Earth observation frontier?
SpaceNews: The Earth observation sector continues to evolve at a fast pace. Over the last five years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested to support the development of new commercial ventures. Most these funds have gone into two camps: low-cost constellations — both optical and synthetic aperture radar — to support data collection at high frequency; and data analytics companies aiming to take this data and develop information solutions.
SpaceX Satellite Network Faces Canadian Competition
Forbes: SpaceX’s Starlink constellation has Canadian competition. Satellite communications firm Telesat is working on its own low-Earth orbit constellation — and that’s not the only other company competing in this growing playing field.
OneWeb, une constellation de 600 satellites pour couvrir le monde entier avec Internet
Le Figaro: Les six premiers engins de la constellation doivent décoller à bord de Soyouz depuis la Guyane
OneWeb: de nombreuses interrogations autour du modèle économique
Le Figaro: Malgré une promesse forte, celle de connecter à Internet 4 milliards de terriens, le projet de constellations de satellites de télécommunication se cherche: en cinq ans, il a changé trois fois de business model.
‘Businesses Will Not Be Able to Hide’: Spy Satellites May Give Edge From Above
The New York Times: Smallsats and artificial intelligence are having an important impact on the change detection market in Earth Observation. This article published in the New York Times uses Euroconsult’s data to illustrate how start-ups like Orbital Insight, Descartes Labs, Space-Know and HawkEye 360 are creating value in this market.
Bug de croissance pour le New Space
Les Echos: En 2018, nombre de projets privés ne se sont pas concrétisés, faute d’investisseurs. Les acteurs traditionnels de l’espace reviennent en force.
Astranis lands anchor customer for its first small GEO satellite
SpaceNews: WASHINGTON — Astranis, a startup designing small geostationary satellites for internet connectivity, has signed an Alaskan telecommunications provider as its first customer.
SpaceX autorisé à lancer sa constellation de 12 000 satellites
Usbek & Rica: Les autorités américaines ont autorisé le 15 novembre SpaceX à envoyer 4 425 satellites dans l’espace. La décision vient compléter une autorisation préalable et porte à 12 000 le nombre de microsatellites que l’entreprise doit mettre en orbite dans la décennie à venir. Avec le projet de connecter le monde entier à un Internet très haut débit et sans fil. De quoi permettre accessoirement le financement des ambitions martiennes d’Elon Musk.
The role of satellites in the telco battle
IBC: With streaming services absorbing increasing amounts of bandwidth opportunities are bound for both telcos and satellite providers, writes Chris Forrester.
Africa and space technology; the 21st century vista
africanews.space: Although the African continent represents about 20% of the Earth’s land mass and some of its richest endowment of minerals, it accounts for just a fraction of a percent of global space spend. What this means in practice is that other countries have their foot in the door (or are sitting in the space club lounge in comfy chairs), while African countries stand outside and purchase space products from those who are reclining in the aforementioned lounge.
