Reports

Overview of Internet Access in Cape Verde Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) has made significant strides in expanding internet access across its islands. As of early 2025, about 73.5% of the population are internet users, up from roughly 72% a year prior datareportal.com datareportal.com. In absolute terms, this represents approximately 387,000 users out of a population…
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Have you ever taken GPS for granted on your phone and wondered if other countries have their own “GPS”? It turns out an intense global navigation space race is underway – and the upgrades are astonishing. The U.S., Europe, China, and Russia are modernizing and expanding their Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) like never before.…
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Stacks of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment in orbit. A new space race is underway—not for the Moon or Mars, but to blanket Earth in high-speed internet from space. Private companies and governments are launching mega-constellations of satellites by the thousands, aiming to beam broadband connectivity to every corner of the globe. The stakes are enormous:…
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Overview of the Matrice 4 Series Figure: DJI Matrice 4T (left) and Matrice 4E (right) – compact, intelligent multi-sensor enterprise drones. DJI’s Matrice 4 Series is a new flagship line of compact enterprise drones introduced in early 2025. It consists of two models: the Matrice 4T (Thermal) and Matrice 4E (Enterprise). Both drones share a foldable, portable airframe…
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High above Earth, in the crowded expanse of geosynchronous orbit (GEO) some 22,300 miles up, a set of American satellites quietly keeps watch. These are the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites – often dubbed “neighborhood watch” satellites – and they form a covert but crucial line of defense in space. Born in secrecy…
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Introduction: A New Era of Anywhere Connectivity Imagine being able to send a message or make a call from anywhere on Earth, even far outside cellular coverage. That’s the promise driving the development of next-generation handheld satellite phones and advanced antennas. Long seen as bulky gadgets of last resort, satellite phones are now undergoing a…
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Definition and How Geostationary Orbit Works A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a circular orbit around Earth’s equator at approximately 35,786 km altitude (about 22,236 miles) where a satellite orbits once per sidereal day (~23 hours 56 minutes) in the same direction as Earth’s rotation en.wikipedia.org esa.int. This precise altitude and orbital period make the satellite…
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Canada’s vast geography and diverse communities present unique challenges and opportunities for internet connectivity. In recent years, significant progress has been made to bring high-speed internet to Canadians nationwide, yet stark disparities remain between densely populated cities and sparsely populated rural or remote regions. As of early 2025, approximately 93.5% of Canadian households have access…
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Introduction: LEO and the Rise of Small Satellites Low Earth Orbit (LEO) generally refers to orbits up to about 2,000 km above Earth’s surface nasa.gov. At these altitudes, satellites circle the globe in ~90–120 minutes, close enough for low-latency communications and high-resolution observations. In recent years, small satellites – typically massing from a few kilograms…
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Introduction: Modern military forces rely heavily on satellites as force multipliers and intelligence assets in space. Over the last few decades, warfare has shifted toward highly technology-driven operations, making space-based capabilities central to strategic planning nsin.us. Military satellites – once limited to Cold War-era spy missions – now form the ever-watchful “eyes in the sky,” delivering critical communications, surveillance, navigation,…
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