Another 60 SpaceX Starlink Satellites and 100 Mbps User Download Speed Tests
SpaceX has tweeted out that Starlink is providing over 100 Mbps download speeds in user tests. They launched the twelfth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The speed and low latency is fast enough to...
View ArticleInflatable Antennas for High Data Rate Satellite and 5G Communications
Freefall Aerospace is a NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) success story. The inflatable antenna system enables big data from cubesats and small low-cost spacecraft. The 3-dimensional phased...
View ArticleDynamically Programmable Wireless 6G
A visionary EU 6G research project, called RISE-6G, will create next-generation wireless connectivity. RISE-6G will design, prototype and test smart and energy-sustainable technological advances based...
View Article100 Gigabit per Second Wireless P2P Communication is Near
BridgeComm, a leader in optical wireless communications, announced it has developed high-speed optical communications of speeds beyond 100GB per second and will offer point-to-point demos at the...
View ArticleColdQuanta Atomic Clocks
Nextbigfuture interviewed Max Perez of ColdQuanta. Max Perez is the Vice President of Research and Security Solutions at ColdQuanta. ColdQuanta’s cold atom method is a transformational foundational...
View ArticleFuture of 5G Communication from 2023 to 2027
Here is the roadmap for the next four years of 5G with re. There will be a new 5G standard released each year (rel 17, 18, 19 and 20.) They will improve the energy efficiency and increase internet of...
View ArticleSpaceX Starlink Satellite Direct to Cellphone Gets Second Phone Company
SpaceX has found its second partner for their upcoming Starlink-enabled direct satellite-to-cellular service. New Zealand’s telecommunications company, One NZ (formerly known as Vodafone), has...
View ArticleBreaking Out of the Solar System With an Interstellar Fleet
There are many people who have the opinion about interstellar travel being impossible. They are looking at our current immature economy and immature space capability. They then extrapolate about some...
View ArticleCheap, 9 Gbps Last Mile Free-space Optical Data Communication
Miniaturized FSO breakthrough unlocks high-speed wireless communication anywhere Researchers from Nanjing University (NJU) have developed a miniaturized FSO system that promises to revolutionize...
View ArticleSpaceX Independent Investment Guide
Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture has worked with Spaced Ventures to create the SpaceX: The Independent Investment Guide. It is designed to be a fairly exhaustive look into SpaceX’s technology, products,...
View ArticleNASA’s New Deep Space Laser Communication 40 Times Bandwidth of Radio...
In late 2023, NASA tested a new hybrid laser/radio antenna to downlink data from 20 million miles (32 million kilometers) away at a rate of 15.63 megabits per second – about 40 times faster than radio...
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