The Space Show

2023.03.01 | Next Gen Communications Satellites feat. BlueWalker 3 from AST SpaceMoblie

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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 March 2023:

  • Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite Internet access coverage to 50 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023.
  • OneWeb is a communications company that aims to build broadband satellite Internet services. The company is headquartered in London, and has offices in Virginia, US and a satellite manufacturing facility in Florida.
  • BlueWalker 3 is AST SpaceMobile’s prototype satellite for its space-based cellular broadband network designed to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices. 
  • A panel discussion from the Space Industry Association of Australia, on the future of the communication satellite industry. Some of the leading movers and shakers in the Australian satellite communications industry discuss where the market technology is headed.
  • The European Space Agency plans to place a network of communications satellites in orbit around the Moon. 
  • How NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), which orbits the Earth, has been able to measure energetic neutral atoms to reveal the variable nature of the boundary between our heliosphere and the interstellar medium.
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    The Space ShowBy Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia