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Furthermore, SpaceX has long-term plans to develop and deploy a version of the satellite communication system to serve Mars. [ 35 ] Starting with 60 engineers, the company operated in 2,800 m 2 (30,000 sq ft) of leased space, and by January 2017 had taken on a 2,800 m 2 (30,000 sq ft) second facility, both in Redmond. [ 36 ]
SpaceX Starshield. Starshield is a business unit of SpaceX for the creation of purpose-built low-Earth-orbit satellites designed to provide new "disruptive" military space capabilities to U.S. and allied governments. [1][2][3][4] Starshield was adapted from the global communications network Starlink but brings additional capabilities such as ...
A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). [1] While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites can be built small to reduce the large economic cost of launch vehicles and ...
Spaceflight. A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and ...
Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail interstellar probes named Starchip, [1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.34 light-years away. It was founded in 2016 by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark ...
Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States.Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 75 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining nine function as in-orbit spares. [2]
Futures studies. The Delphi method or Delphi technique (/ ˈdɛlfaɪ / DEL-fy; also known as Estimate-Talk-Estimate or ETE) is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method that relies on a panel of experts. [1][2][3][4][5] Delphi has been widely used for business ...
Digital Equipment Corporation. Acquired by Compaq, after the divestiture of major assets. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC / dɛk /), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957.