One of the largest and most successful satellite operators globally, Telesat is backed by a legacy of excellence from its base in Canada. As well as a global network of geostationary satellites, Telesat is now focusing on Telesat Lightspeed, a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, and the first LEO network optimized to meet the rigorous requirements of telecom, government, maritime and aeronautical applications. Manik Vinnakota, Director, Commercial, and Product Development at Telesat, opines on the upcoming constellation and the current status of the mobility sector.

Geospatial software for construction monitoring has become a key technology for expanding economies and developing our world. Building information modelling (BIM) using the geospatial data of satellites has established itself as the future of construction, and a vital pillar of developing smart city technology. Its efficiencies may even give us the tools to accelerate the development of the developing world.

Satellite connectivity has the potential to change the way we do business across the globe, with those operating in remote and rural locations particularly expected to benefit. Right now, potential consumers await the up-and-coming small satellite constellations in order to take advantage of high-speed, low latency, affordable connectivity.

Increasingly high customer expectations require providers to re-think the provision of services that deliver digitalization, safety, and welfare.

The massive boom in unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology in the last decade has seen the rapid advancement of a relatively new major source of threat. With militaries the world over jumping on board with their own UAS for offensive missions, the sector has scrambled to come up with solutions to protect against this new form of adversary.

So far, the tools to create actionable, high resolution observations of earth have been in the hands of sophisticated users with deep pockets. Mobius Labs contends that next generation computer vision AI technology will not only simplify the user interface but also dramatically lower the price of entry, thereby enabling the democratization of satellite imagery.

The inflight connectivity (IFC) segment has taken a major hit since the COVID-19 outbreak, with the majority of global flights effectively grounded for months at a time. With so few flights, operators and service providers have been pushed to breaking point.

We live in a world of looming fear of cyberattack. With headlines of ever bolder hackers and hostile state action gaining nefarious control of critical systems or stealing data and other digital assets becoming more common, industries and consumers are becoming more vocally in favour of secure solutions and practice. With intelligence officials starting to sound warning bells, it could be time for more decisive action.

Draganfly has been a leader in the drone industry for two decades serving new solutions in the field. Now pursuing Phase 1 of its contract with Coldchain Delivery Systems to support drones in first response activities, the company is exploring how drone technology can be integrated into all manner of industries. Cameron Chell, CEO, explained the company’s progress, and how they plan to evolve, continuing to shape the ever changing drone market.

Motiv Space Systems is a robotic systems developer and integrator seeking to bring better automation to
space to support pioneering exploration efforts alongside ambitious commercial industries in the stars. Tom McCarthy, VP of Business Development, explains how the company serves the emerging space economy, and what demands he anticipates from it in the near future.

Insight Terra, a platform-as-a-service solution, was launched by Civic Connect with the support of Inmarsat to bring Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) efficiencies to the mining sector via the monitoring of dangerous mine tailings. With the technology showing healthy results and functionality that could easily be applied to other remote industry and critical infrastructure business cases, Alastair Bovim, CEO of Insight Terra, explains the potential of the platform, and what went into making it.

As the use of satellites for broadcasting, backhauling, Earth observation, inter-satellite links, IoT and a multitude of other applications increases, so does the demand and competition for its most precious
resource - bandwidth. Over time we’ve seen the industry tackle the problem of available bandwidth by moving into higher frequency bands, from C to Ku and from Ku to Ka. The move to Ka-band did successfully relieve the pressure on available bandwidth, making much more available, however with demand growing for higher throughput and the advent of new constellations, the industry must consider the future.