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Exploring the Future Possibilities of Satellite Communication
This article explores the potential of satellite communication, from its current applications to its future possibilities, and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of this technology.
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Applied Technology Review | Tuesday, July 08, 2025
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Fremont, CA:The satellite sector is currently undergoing a substantial growth in opportunities, especially in the areas of military and defense applications, broadband IP services, and ground- and space-segment products and services. These advancements have witnessed remarkable improvements in efficiency and performance over the last decade. However, it is worth noting that these progressions have occurred simultaneously with significant enhancements in performance within other IT and telecommunications systems.
The Function of Satellites in Daily Communications
Few know that most daily communication occurs via satellite rather than ground connections. Mass communication was once transmitted via ground cables, but modern satellites—particularly geostationary models—help provide nearly constant and complete global coverage.
Numerous remote healthcare services, including emergency communication, remote health monitoring, support for search and rescue operations, and—most recently—tele-diagnosis—are made possible by this nearly constant worldwide coverage. These days, these and several related services can be deployed in practically any rural or underserved area of the planet. Without satellite communications, this would not have been feasible.
What’s next in Satellite Communication?
In science, future predictions are not always accurate. However, the satellite industry is tending toward lighter, more compact, more reasonably priced, and more ergonomic personal and ground terminals, along with ever-increasing flexibility, capacity, and service availability.
Aeronautical satellite communication, tailored land mobile radio transmission, and satellite-oriented air traffic management are the areas where satellite communication is most likely to be used in the future. It is reasonable to anticipate continuous advancements in intelligent space communications systems. Notable new technologies are yet to be developed in the field of satellite communication.
With the increasing globalization of economies and the increasing human exploitation of the oceans, atmosphere, and landmasses, there will be a growing demand for effective wireless interlinks via satellite and terrestrial wireless communication. Better space communication systems will also be required when manned, unmanned, and planetary space systems are used more frequently.
The current satellite networks' performance will determine the future direction of satellite communication. The success of the satellite networks depends critically on their seamless integration with terrestrial core networks and terrestrial wireless access networks. Space-age fancies can come true thanks to groundbreaking developments in satellite communication.