{"id":11972,"date":"2023-02-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11972"},"modified":"2022-07-05T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:25:14","slug":"technology-low-orbiting-satellites-are-changing-the-way-we-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/technology-low-orbiting-satellites-are-changing-the-way-we-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: Low Orbiting Satellites are Changing the Way we Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LEOs, or Low Earth Orbit satellites, are satellites flying above the earth at altitudes around 1000 km, with a range of about 500 to 2000 km. LEOs are significantly smaller than traditional satellites and fly at a much lower altitude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEOs are very compact and have applications for communication, logistics, earth observation, and science investigations. LEOs are much better suited for applications like video streaming and self-driving cars because the signal latency is much lower than higher-orbiting systems. But because satellites are much closer to the earth more are needed in order to cover the earth’s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SpaceX may be the furthest ahead in the race to launch arrays of LEO<\/a>s, but Amazon, England, China, Canada, and the EU all plan to launch their own networks. In 2021, 40 countries launched objects into orbits. The large number of satellites being launched has many worried about the sustainability and the difficulty to track all the current active satellites as well as other junk that has accumulated in orbit around the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the potential of the technology has attracted a lot of attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Ray<\/a>, Gartner analyst, said that<\/a> “LEO satellites will dramatically change the way we work. 5G has not yet lived up to its expectations, but the LEO constellation market has, in many ways exceeded its early expectations, driven in part by launch technology, phased array, or self-configuring antennas and significant government and private investment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ray also commented that LEO technology investment is expanding beyond just money for satellite and launch technology. Investment in vertical technologies is growing too — investments in data collection and analysis.<\/p>\n

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LEOs, or Low Earth Orbit satellites, are satellites flying above the earth at altitudes around 1000 km, with a range of about 500 to 2000 km. LEOs are significantly smaller than traditional satellites and fly at a much lower altitude.…<\/span><\/p>\n

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