A satellite technology map perspective

All industries have jargon, acronyms and code words that make the experts look smarter while mostly just confuse the rest of us. Unfortunately, the satellite industry is no different, and with the recent new technology developments, this has further increased the general level of confusion in the market. While a detailed discussion might not help to clarify anything, the aim of this article is to provide first order context to managers and executives who have to engage in satellite-related discussions.  In principle terms, satellite services are designed to operate on different frequency bands – either C-band, Ku-band or Ka-band, and at different geographical locations relative to the earth – either low earth orbits (LEO), medium earth orbits (MEO) or geostationary satellites.  Since the telecommunication industry is now starting to use satellite services within all these parameters, the product and services discussion can become more confusing.

Read the article over at eepublishing over here.