{"id":65826,"date":"2018-03-14T21:40:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/new-technology-will-offset-geo-sales-declines-create-new-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:40:20","slug":"new-technology-will-offset-geo-sales-declines-create-new-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/new-technology-will-offset-geo-sales-declines-create-new-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Technology Will Offset GEO Sales Declines, Create New Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The satellite industry may be bracing for an uncertain future, as the sales of GEO satellites plummet, but new advancements in digital technology \u2014 coupled with better, more cost-efficient manufacturing processes \u2014 will create compelling opportunities in the near future. Such was the verdict generally reached by the six industry leaders who spoke at Wednesday\u2019s opening session \u2014 Satellite Manufacturers: Building for an Increasingly Interconnected World\u2014  at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference and Exhibition. <\/p>\n<p>While every speaker expressed optimism about seeing more inter-connectivity in the future, many were perplexed by some of the recent turmoil the industry has experienced. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2018 Day 4 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<p>\u201cI hope it is a temporary setback,\u201d quipped Dario Zamarian, group president at Space Systems Loral (SSL). In August, Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with SSL to build its next-generation Jupiter 3 Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS), to be designated EchoStar 24. The new satellite is targeted at key markets across the Americas and will more than double the Hughes Ka-band capacity in the region, Via Satellite previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by the moderator what is driving some of the downward market activities, such as a decline in GEO orders, Richard \u201cRick\u201d Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, said it is hard to pinpoint one specific reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our case, we see what\u2019s going to be a GEO-LEO-MEO [combination] to help companies close their business cases,\u201d said Ambrose. \u201cThe ability to produce and do as much automation as possible \u2026 we think is the future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b43ebef239;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_6a6b43ebef239 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b43ebef23a').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b43ebef23a'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the panel, speakers considered recent data from NSR and Eurosat, the latter of which has reported that the number of GEO commercial satellites ordered in 2017 (just seven) was its lowest in 15 years. However, NSR noted in a recent report that in spite of setbacks like these, \u201cthe industry will be redefined by the promise of HTS capacity, seeing HTS revenues increase tenfold from 2016-2026, culminating in a $17 billion annual market by 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all wish there were more GEOs, but then there\u2019s things like O3B mPower that we were fortunately to partner with next year,\u201d said Chris Johnson, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, Space and Missile Systems at the Boeing Company. In September, SES contracted with Boeing to build seven Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for its O3b mPower network system, Via Satellite previously reported. According to SES, O3b mPower will deliver fully managed services in the dynamic mobility, fixed data and government markets, using multiple terabits of throughput globally.<\/p>\n<p>As the conversation turned toward the topic of digital payloads, speakers mulled the pace at which older satellites being phased out of the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still people going with the more traditional payloads \u2026 but we\u2019re starting to see the shift,\u201d said Frank Culbertson, Jr., president of the space systems group at Orbital ATK. \u201cThere\u2019s not a big divide right now \u2026 it\u2019s more of a gradual shift.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Martin noted that there are \u201cloads of operators\u201d that cannot easily \u201cafford to put a terabit or whatever up in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the shift toward digital is so gradual and filled with uncertainty, companies are hesitant over whether to build traditional analog, standard satellites, or try to dip their toes into the new marketplace, Zamarian suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson suggested that the trend toward greater affordability of digital payloads will drive further innovation. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to hear all this discussion of digital payloads, and we\u2019re on our seventh or eighth generation of digital payloads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists largely saw the challenges of an uncertain future as something that needs to be addressed by the industry as a whole. Successfully transitioning into the digital era is largely contingent upon the extent to which stakeholders can embrace spirit of cooperation, noted Martin Van Schaik, senior vice president at Thales Alenia Space. \u201cWhether we explode or not depends on how our customers will be able to cooperate and finance the new market,\u201d  said Van Schaik. <\/p>\n<p>Such cooperation in the post-analog world extends to the technology itself: One of the key aspects to succeeding in the new digital era is the commitment to interoperability, or creating technology that plays well with multiple systems.\u201c It gets on customers\u2019 nerves with the compatibility of networks is not up to the latest standards,\u201d said Van Schaik.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6b43ebef8f7;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_6a6b43ebef8f7 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b43ebef8f8').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6b43ebef8f8'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Interoperability isn\u2019t the only modern-day necessity in space equipment design. As startups develop and roll out their latest solutions, concerns around cybersecurity loom, threatening to eclipse innovations. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be very aware of it,\u201d said Culbertson. \u201cIt has to be \u2018good hygiene\u2019 and part of your design.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While adding security features is costly to manufacturers, everyone agreed that it is a necessity. \u201cCyber threats are here with us and they\u2019re going to stay and you have to build that capability,\u201d said Ambrose. <\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Chamussy, executive vice president of space systems at Airbus Defense and Space, pointed out that in other industries, security features are customary \u2014 not some kind of special add-on. \u201cWith planes and helicopters \u2026 these are native features,\u201d said Chamussy.<\/p>\n<p>But while boosting physical and cybersecurity, adding applications that enable interoperability, and revamping physical designs and software to conform to modern-day specifications are all essential manufacturing to-dos, they are far from cheap and easy to accomplish. The more design considerations a manufacturer must take into account, the greater the challenge of creating a compelling price point for end users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would predict that, over time, software and the ability to have the soft control of the space assets but then connect to the ground systems is where operators are going to want to be,\u201d said Zamarian in response to a comment about operators looking for new ways to add margins to their balance sheets. \u201cThe more the industry enables [capital expenditure] reduction by design, the lower the price points will be. If you don\u2019t have the right price point with the end user, the operator\u2019s equation will not [be solved].\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 349:  \/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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-300x169.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t#SatShow Insight \u2013 Day 3<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 347:  \/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 width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/z3vCzQyDRoCvyuXCry0f_hurricane_maria_fullwidth-300x198.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/z3vCzQyDRoCvyuXCry0f_hurricane_maria_fullwidth-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/z3vCzQyDRoCvyuXCry0f_hurricane_maria_fullwidth-800x528.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/z3vCzQyDRoCvyuXCry0f_hurricane_maria_fullwidth-640x423.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/z3vCzQyDRoCvyuXCry0f_hurricane_maria_fullwidth.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t2017 Hurricane Season: Lessons Learned for the  Satellite Industry<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 344:  \/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 width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FopOqKwGQ8qGjmb1RHgo__MG_0915-300x191.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive 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