HTS Technology Overview High-Throughput Satellites (HTS) are spaceborne relays designed to deliver dramatically higher data rates than traditional wide-beam satellites. They achieve this through numerous narrow spot-beams and advanced on-board processing, allowing aggressive frequency reuse. In practice, an HTS can deliver multiple times the throughput of a legacy FSS satellite using the same spectrum assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.…
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In the race for high-speed internet, satellite and fiber-optic broadband represent two very different approaches. Fiber-optic (terrestrial broadband) is often considered the gold standard – delivering data at nearly the speed of light through glass cables buried underground or strung on poles mcsnet.ca. Satellite internet, by contrast, beams data to orbiting satellites and back to…
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NOAA and the National Hurricane Center will lose access to vital DMSP weather satellite data on July 31 due to cybersecurity concerns. This data, crucial for hurricane forecasting, will not be replaced until at least October. Experts warn this could degrade forecast accuracy during peak hurricane season.
Meta shares soared to an all-time high, driven by investor excitement over its new AI superintelligence group. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively hiring AI talent, including leaders from Scale AI and Safe Superintelligence. Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth called the AI talent market "really incredible and kind of unprecedented in my 20-year career as a technology executive."
Drone Laws in South Korea (2025 Overview)Overview of Drone Regulations in South Korea South Korea permits both recreational and commercial drone flights, but strict regulations apply under the Aviation Safety Act and related rules drone-laws.com. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) – through the Korea Office of Ci…
SpaceX’s Wild Week: Double Launches, Debris Controversy & a Crane Collapse Rock the Space Giant (28-30, June, 2025)Relentless Launch Cadence and Doubleheader Missions SpaceX’s launch tempo shows no sign of slowing. In one day, the company pulled off back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from opposite U.S. coasts space.com. In the early hours of June 28, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida with 27 Star…
Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in TurkmenistanOverview of Turkmenistan’s Internet Landscape Turkmenistan’s Internet Penetration: Turkmenistan remains one of the world’s least connected and most restricted internet environments. As of early 2024, only about 39.5% of the population (roughly 2.59 million people) were internet users datareportal…
