{"id":60227,"date":"2020-03-11T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/beyond-geo-major-operators-have-a-multi-orbit-focus\/"},"modified":"2020-03-11T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:49:45","slug":"beyond-geo-major-operators-have-a-multi-orbit-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/beyond-geo-major-operators-have-a-multi-orbit-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond GEO: Major Operators Have A Multi-Orbit Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facing competition from a wave of NewSpace market entrants, satellite operators have to respond by moving to a mixed-orbit model and focusing on broader service delivery, executives said during the General Session at Satellite 2020 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSatellite has to play in a much bigger sandpit,\u201d SES President and CEO Steve Collar said. \u201cThe days of niche and expensive are long gone \u2026 We need to move to broad-based and affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2020 Day 3 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/marquee-test-akiaisur2rgicbmpehea\/9tEm48RPmOlOScHHKOgB_Collar_SES.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Collar said that SES was moving to a multi-orbit model, integrating its legacy Geostationary (GEO) satellites and new Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation to provide a seamless service for its customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re building an integrated cloud scale network using multi-orbit that will allow our customers to roam on and off that network and utilize that network based upon the applications that they\u2019re running,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat multi-orbit does is it allows you to put the right customer in the right place in the network at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The customer, Collar said, doesn\u2019t care what orbit they are getting their connectivity from, \u201cThere\u2019s no religion about it \u2026 is it MEO or [Low-Earth Orbit] LEO or GEO? \u2026 For us, it will be a mix, it will be integrated and most of the time the customers won\u2019t know what they\u2019re on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2f5d6c5fd;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2f5d6c5fd = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2f5d6c5fe').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2f5d6c5fe'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hughes President Pradman Kaul agreed. \u201cWe think all three orbits are important,\u201d he said, \u201cAnd obviously, we are playing very, very strongly in all three as a service provider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collar said SES\u2019s move to MEO had been driven, in part, by the need to reduce latency for some applications. \u201cI remember sitting on this stage probably 10 years ago, and latency was dismissed as being not relevant. And I think that doesn\u2019t reflect well on our industry,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was very contrary to everything that science told you, everything the mobile industry was doing, everything that the terrestrial industry was doing \u2014 it all suggested that latency was important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But trying to solve the latency issue with a LEO constellation, providing a direct-to-consumer broad- band internet service like SpaceX is working toward with the Starlink constellation, won\u2019t work either, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s enormously challenging technically, it\u2019s enormously challeng- ing from a business case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collar noted that Elon Musk, in his Monday fireside chat, said that his primary goal was to not go bankrupt. \u201cI think that\u2019s a less trivial goal than it sounds,\u201d Collar commented.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that for SES, MEO provided the right balance between driving down latency so that all applications can be supported, but not so far that the cost and complexity of deployment skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<p>Eutelsat Deputy CEO Michel Azibert shared Collar\u2019s skepticism about the large LEO constellations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think it will probably not work,\u201d he said, noting that, in addition to the technical challenges. \u201cThe cost [structures] are not there. We think it\u2019s going to be an expensive solution for consumers. The tracking antennas are going to be \u2026 expen- sive for quite some time. And the go-to-market [strategy] is complete- ly vague, and the go-to-market is the name of the game in getting success in residential broadband.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/marquee-test-akiaisur2rgicbmpehea\/4B1MdtiKS6S4Z48vqcxM_Michel-Azibert.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>For all these reasons, Azibert said, Eutelsat had chosen, in its move to multi-orbit, to focus on one specific LEO application: connectivity for In- ternet of Things (IoT) devices. \u201cIt\u2019s not really expensive, it\u2019s just a small constellation that we hope to build \u2014 25 to 50 satellites, very light CapEx. Very adequate solution for narrowband productivity [applications],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the hot topic of C-band allocation in the U.S., all three executives said they are satisfied with the FCC\u2019s plan to host a public auction, giving would-be players in the new 5G ecosystem the opportunity to bid for spectrum currently used by the satellite industry.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2f5d6cc16;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2f5d6cc16 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2f5d6cc17').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2f5d6cc17'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kaul said called it \u201cgreat.\u201d \u201cOur customers have more money to spend on systems they can buy from us, so it\u2019s a great opportunity for us and good for the industry of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Azibert called the FCC\u2019s role as a regulator in the U.S. \u201cpretty unique,\u201d and that it\u2019s unlikely that governments in other countries where C-band is regulated will follow the FCC\u2019s lead. \u201cThere are continents where C-band is really useful and I think it would not be advisable for C-band to go to the telecoms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Collar called it a win across the board for customers, operators, and the whole industry. But he was more cautious about the implications of 5G in other areas. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a game changer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/marquee-test-akiaisur2rgicbmpehea\/kM4bU4GuToGFbZvjBnx0_PradmanKaul.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kaul added that 5G was \u201ca great opportunity\u201d for the operators, because backhaul for cellular service providers was a \u201cbigger and bigger\u201d market for them. \u201cObviously, with 5G, because the number of base stations will increase, and the number of cells will increase dramatically, that should result in the backhaul business growing significantly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While 5G would compete with satellite operators in the residential broadband access business, Kaul said, they would, at least in the beginning, be serving different markets, with 5G concentrated in the densely populated urban areas. \u201cIn the next five years or so, the investments in 5G are going to be in high density areas \u2026 those markets that we have never really thought about. We focused on the unserved and underserved markets and will continue to do that.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 395:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/e4snu2CTbe3ID4Oocs9J_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/e4snu2CTbe3ID4Oocs9J_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/e4snu2CTbe3ID4Oocs9J_2I0I4aMxR6yiP6pO0cLw_Satshow_DC_Background-800x533.jpg 800w, 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