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What is the rough breakdown of applications for all these cubesats and other satellites?
by dnjdrbdhdbs 7y ago
What is the rough breakdown of applications for all these cubesats and other satellites?
- pardavis 7y agohttps://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/swartwout/cdw2019 https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/swartwout/cdw2019
- vonseel 7y agoAlso curious what the rough breakdown of applicTions is... somehow you have several replies and most about a hamburger menu. What are satellites even used for these days besides navigation and espionage (limited to a handful of large players, I assume)?
- duskwuff 7y agoCommunications is a huge one. Think satellite TV, telephone, and Internet services. From the governmental side, another major application is Earth observation, both for science and for weather forecasting.