Iridium teams up with Cambridge Consultants for next gen satellite constellation

 

 

One of the world’s leading supplier of innovative product development has been chosen by Iridium Communications for their next generation satellite constellation. Cambridge Consultants will play a crucial role in the deployment of the Iridium NEXT, which has been slated for a 2015 launch.

The US and UK based tech company will develop the subscriber equipment technology necessary for the NEXT satellite constellation. Cambridge will also be providing the ground infrastructure system for the project.

Iridium currently boasts of the widest satellite constellation coverage on earth at 90%. The company provides terrestrial and cellular connectivity even in the remotest of areas. Iridium Communications also delivers low-latency voice and data communications.

 

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Google in talks with Dish for high-speed wireless network

Tech giant Google is reportedly in talks with satellite TV provider Dish Network Corporation for a partnership in the building of a wireless network that would make high-speed Internet services more widely available across North America. The development reveals Google’s plans to expand beyond gadgets, software and electronic devices, and consider venturing into wireless network services. Wall Street Journal said the two companies are in talks to build infrastructure that could rival those of Sprint and AT&T.

Dish had already filed a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission for the use of the spectrums it had bought to be used for wireless services. The company is still waiting for the FCC’s regulatory approval. Google, on the other hand, had been testing earlier this week a fibre network system in Kansas, that would connect residential homes to the company’s broadband service.

 

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Wyoming wind project approved

On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the approval of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project in Wyoming - potentially the largest wind farm project in the United States.

 

 

 

The development aims at a thousand wind turbines across 350 square miles of land just south of Rawlins. Experts says the wind project could provide electricity to over a million homes and boost the resume of the United States in terms of renewable energy resources.

 

According to Salazar, construction may already begin next year, and the project is expected to work in a three-year time frame. The Wyoming wind farm project is just one of seven renewable energy developments announced by the US Department of the Interior.

 

Other developments will also tap solar energy. This includes the Silver State Solar South Project in Nevada which is project to produce up to 350-megawatts of power; and a 100-megawatt solar energy plan in the neighboring state of Arizona.

 

Many of these projects will take up millions of acres of land under the Bureau of Land Management. The renewable energy developments could also spur tourism in the American West upon completion, as world-class infrastructure landmarks similar to the Hoover Dam.

 

The expected 3,000 megawatts to be generate by the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project will power up to 3 million homes. Construction of the wind farm itself will also create 1,000 jobs, and around 114 permanent work positions once the project is completed.

 

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