The new space race is all about satellites: Pros and cons of each orbit

NSR quoted in Stewart Sanders’ The Next Web (TNW) article “The new space race is all about satellites”: Pros and cons of each orbit: Pros — Their close distance enables low latency broadband delivery, with levels comparable to the performance of fiber transmission. This kind of fiber-like performance will become even more important as satellite capacity growth.

Will LEO-HTS Constellations Work for the Pacific?

The Asia Pacific is home to the largest population in the globe and thus represents the largest addressable market for satellite services. The region is also as diverse geographically, ranging from countries as large as China and India that need ubiquitous networks, to small island nations in the South Pacific where the deployment of terrestrial.