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The Vital Role of LEO Satellites in Safe and Secure UAV Drone Operations
January 5, 2024
UAV operators seeking to pilot drones BVLOS need to have complete trust in their communication channels. Increasingly, LEO satellites are used as a failover. Our blog post explores why, how and where.
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Satellite IoT use cases: truly global connectivity for real-world applications
April 14, 2023
Satellite IoT technology provides reliable and truly global connectivity for a wide range of real-world applications. In this article, we explore some of the most promising use cases for Satellite IoT, including asset tracking, environmental monitoring, and remote sensing.
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Far-Sighted Satellite Solutions for Constant Connectivity
March 26, 2020
We can now establish optimal communications to and from even the most inaccessible areas on land, on sea and in the skies, while contributing directly to the reduction of international carbon emissions.
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ETH Zurich’s Autonomous UAVs Utilizing the RockBLOCK
August 29, 2018
The Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) of ETH Zurich has developed two solar-powered, low-altitude long-endurance (LALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are gathering valuable data on climate change and agriculture.
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Octanis Rover Mission
July 25, 2018
It was the need for a low-cost, minimal environmental impact platform for scientific experiments in extremely cold temperatures, that led the association to develop the Octanis Rover.
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Mapping Ocean Fronts with Robotic Fleets and the RockBLOCK
July 23, 2018
Led by Dr. João Borges de Sousa of the Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática (LSTS) of Portugal, a multinational, multidisciplinary team of scientists have designed, built, and deployed seven autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in the North Pacific Subtropical Ocean Front using the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor.
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