Satellite & Space Missions

Integral Manoeuvres for the Future

Global online bandwidth forecasts and impact of high definition TV on satellite bandwidth demand.  Commercialization of space, new satellite technologies and capacity forecasts.  Future of geosynchronous satellites and low orbit satellites. "It is always difficult to see exactly where future satellite technology will go, but  imagine it will progress in a similar way to that of PC technology - basically satellites individually doing more dedicated tasks and then networking together to provide an overall greater capability. This will make individual nodes more focused and more cost effective. We may even see clusters of satellites in the future". Future large satellites in Earth orbit may be assembled in space, so one of the major challenges for future satellite technology we can see is using robotics for small satellites to construct larger ones. Robotics is also an area of development for inter-planetary satellites