On Saturday, SpaceX will launch two experimental mini-satellites — the first batch of what Musk hopes will eventually comprise a 4,000 -
satellite constellation providing low - cost internet around the globe.
Not exact matches
«This is the first approval of a U.S. - licensed
satellite constellation to
provide...
The demonstration, which the team carried out with an experiment called Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, showed that millisecond pulsars could be used to accurately determine the location of an object moving at thousands of miles per hour in space — similar to how the Global Positioning System, widely known as GPS,
provides positioning, navigation, and timing services to users on Earth with its
constellation of 24 operating
satellites.
One ambitious Air Force project involves a
constellation of space - based radar
satellites that would surround the planet,
providing full coverage with the kind of granular detail thus far available only through aircraft or vehicles on the ground.
The solution came from the Iridium network, a $ 5 billion
constellation of 72
satellites that
provided global telephone service to Motorola customers.
These smallsats are part of an ultimate
constellation of 60
satellites that
provide high revisit rate Earth imagery and when combined with other space and terrestrial based sensors, will enable delivery of innovative global monitoring solutions and geospatial activity - based intelligence services.
In 2018 OneWeb will launch a
constellation of
satellites to
provide affordable high - speed
Sometimes, through reconnaissance of known and likely hotspots, and by keeping a close eye on the buildup and movement of troops — aided by the keen, clear eyes of DigitalGlobe's
constellation of
satellites — we can
provide early warning.
The CEOS presentation
provided valuable insight into how various thematic issues could be addressed on a global basis utilizing the CEOS
constellation concept, which considers virtual
constellations of research and operational
satellites to meet observational needs.
«I have asked my colleagues to join me in supporting this application and moving to unleash the power of
satellite constellations to
provide high - speed Internet to rural Americans,» he wrote at the time.
SpaceX received FCC approval to build Starlink, its
satellite constellation designed to
provide broadband internet service.