In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first person to send a voice transmission over an orbiting satellite when he sent his Christmas message over the SCORE satellite. By 1962, Telstar I was providing real-time video between the United States and France during its short 20-minute window of operation. The telecommunications industry would never be the same once space based telecommunications became a reality. Voice telephony came first, then video broadcasting, and now, two-way digital video broadcasting with IP over satellite data connections. Satellite communication has entered into many facets of the telecommunications industry, but has it reached its limits. Many of the services being offered by today's leading satellite providers are in direct competition with less expensive terrestrial systems. The cost of designing, building, launching, operating, and maintaining a satellite or constellation of satellites is an enormous sum that must be spent before the service is ever offered to the public. With an increasing percentage of the market share converting to terrestrial based services, the following question should be asked of the current Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service industry: Can a LEO startup service provider survive and make money in the current satellite service market.


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    Title :

    LEO Satellite Services - Can a Startup Provider Survive


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    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    25 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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