Geostationary satellite production requires government funding
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 3:24 am
This was reported by Mikhail Glinka, Deputy Head of the Business Development Service of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications", at the XXVIX Satcomrus 2024 conference. "Despite the growth of all non-geostationary constellations, spacecraft in geostationary orbit (GSO) still remain the simplest solutions in terms of technological implementation and the main source of income from satellite communications in most corporate sectors around the world. Despite the decrease in the subscriber base and the influence of subscribers who are switching from traditional algeria whatsapp number databa se television to streaming video services, satellite television remains and will remain a powerful generator of profit for operators for quite a long time. In addition, a new approach to the creation of satellites is beginning to form on the GSO market: these are MicroGEO class devices. Their main advantage is the ability to quickly and with modest financial costs enter new markets and ensure the protection of the orbital frequency resource. Of the 10 geostationary satellites ordered in 2023, six will be built by startups and belong to the class of small spacecraft," said Mikhail Glinka.
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The active life of 11 geostationary satellites ends by 2030, and six of them require urgent replacement. Roscosmos State Corporation has received an order for only two: from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Space Communications and from Gazprom Space Systems.
Mikhail Glinka believes that in the next five to seven years, the most relevant services in the GSO will include communications on mobile objects, satellite direct and distribution television, VSAT networks, and communication channels for cellular networks.
Alexey Volin, CEO of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications", said that the boom in the creation of constellations in low orbits is slowly beginning to decline: "Starlink is still the world's flagship, which everyone is looking at. And we see that the dynamics of Starlink connections is still much lower than expected. In the first eight months of 2024, the number of Starlink users in the United States increased by only 100 thousand people. In fact, less than 500 connections occur per day. This inspires optimistic expectations among operators of geostationary satellite communication and broadcasting systems."
Alexey Volin pointed out that the forecast for orders for the construction of satellites for non-geostationary constellations has decreased by more than 37% over the year (from 2,300 to 1,350 devices per year) and that the volume of orders for spacecraft for GEO remains stable - at the level of 10-11 devices annually. He also mentioned that a revolution in the area of television distribution has not yet taken place: "There is still no alternative to geostationary satellites. We confirm the trend that was discussed a year ago: in the USA, Europe and Japan, the share of television on satellite is decreasing slightly, but it is compensated for by other countries where television is growing significantly, including due to the fact that the content is becoming heavier and requires more bandwidth."
Among the global trends in geostationary orbit, Oleg Ivanov, Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Research Institute of Radio", highlighted the growth of throughput on spacecraft, the use of software-reconfigurable antennas (flexible) payloads and adaptive antennas, the reduction in the time and cost of creating spacecraft, as well as the improvement of ground infrastructure.
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The active life of 11 geostationary satellites ends by 2030, and six of them require urgent replacement. Roscosmos State Corporation has received an order for only two: from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Space Communications and from Gazprom Space Systems.
Mikhail Glinka believes that in the next five to seven years, the most relevant services in the GSO will include communications on mobile objects, satellite direct and distribution television, VSAT networks, and communication channels for cellular networks.
Alexey Volin, CEO of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications", said that the boom in the creation of constellations in low orbits is slowly beginning to decline: "Starlink is still the world's flagship, which everyone is looking at. And we see that the dynamics of Starlink connections is still much lower than expected. In the first eight months of 2024, the number of Starlink users in the United States increased by only 100 thousand people. In fact, less than 500 connections occur per day. This inspires optimistic expectations among operators of geostationary satellite communication and broadcasting systems."
Alexey Volin pointed out that the forecast for orders for the construction of satellites for non-geostationary constellations has decreased by more than 37% over the year (from 2,300 to 1,350 devices per year) and that the volume of orders for spacecraft for GEO remains stable - at the level of 10-11 devices annually. He also mentioned that a revolution in the area of television distribution has not yet taken place: "There is still no alternative to geostationary satellites. We confirm the trend that was discussed a year ago: in the USA, Europe and Japan, the share of television on satellite is decreasing slightly, but it is compensated for by other countries where television is growing significantly, including due to the fact that the content is becoming heavier and requires more bandwidth."
Among the global trends in geostationary orbit, Oleg Ivanov, Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Research Institute of Radio", highlighted the growth of throughput on spacecraft, the use of software-reconfigurable antennas (flexible) payloads and adaptive antennas, the reduction in the time and cost of creating spacecraft, as well as the improvement of ground infrastructure.
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