The launch of Nila, our very first satellite was very emotional as well as nerve wracking. We tried to calm ourselves by ...

This allows a number of multiplexes to be transmitted from each satellite and a wider range of services to be broadcast. The term transponder is often interchanged with multiplex. This is ...

Satellite giant Intelsat, in the process of being bought by SES, has reported declining revenues across many of its key ...

Quantum network is step towards ultrasecure internet The satellite, called Jinan-1, is ten times lighter, 45 times cheaper and much more efficient than its predecessor, Micius, which launched in ...

By the time a signal reaches a satellite transponder and bounces back to the ground, there is a delay, or latency. Low earth orbits are 160-2,000 km above the earth. Starlink is at an elevation of ...

If your satellite picture becomes frozen, pixellates or there is sound break up it is probably due to one of the following: the dish has moved, the cable is damaged, something is in front of the ...

In 2017, scientists used the satellite to make a secure “quantum call” and send images between China and Austria over a distance of 7,600km.