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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
26
Oct

Africa Unites its Diverse and Rapidly Growing Space Industry

October 26, 2020
Source: http://interactive.satellitetoday.com/via/november-2020/africa-unites-its-diverse-and-rapidly-growing-space-industry/ November 2020 issue: JEFFREY HILL Africa’s space community leaders want the rest of the world to stop referring to the continent as a homogenous, “developing” market. They do not want to be seen as a singular entity waiting for global commercial satellite service providers to swoop in and bring economic prosperity to a...
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19
Nov

HAPS – High-altitude platform systems

November 19, 2019
Source: https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/backgrounders/Pages/High-altitude-platform-systems.aspx © ITU 2019 OVERVIEW Although half of the global population is already connected to the Internet, there is a need for greater broadband connectivity and telecommunication services in communities, rural and remote areas that are undeserved. High-altitude platform station (HAPS) systems can potentially be used to provide both fixed broadband connectivity for end users and...
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30
Oct

ITU World Radiocommunication Conference to forge pathways for future digital communications

October 30, 2019
WRC-19 to manage scarce radio-frequency spectrum for rapidly evolving terrestrial and space-based communication technologies Sharm El-Sheikh, 28 October 2019 The World Radiocommunication Conference, the international treaty-making Conference governing the global management of scarce radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits, opened today in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The conference was opened by President Abdel...
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