UK satellite operator Inmarsat is targeting a mid-February launch to send its latest technology into space. It says it will form part of a next-generation network dubbed Orchestra, which will upgrade communications services in challenging environments back down on Earth.
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Two British schoolboys who designed satellites which caught the eye of astronaut Tim Peake are heading to the site of some of history's most iconic space missions for a rocket launch. Simon Shemetilo, 16, and 14-year-old Craig Alexander are heading to Florida's Cape Canaveral - the iconic site of countless landmark"It's going to be amazing to see where a lot of famous launches took place," Simon told Sky News.It will form part of a network called Orchestra, which is designed to upgrade communications in challenging environments around the world, including at sea.
Teenagers Simon, from Tower Hamlets, and Craig, from Reading, were invited to go to watch after winning a competition in which hundreds of entrants had to think of ways satellites could improve life on Earth.For both boys, who are Scouts, fighting climate change was a key inspiration. Simon came up with a network of satellites"that work together to increase speeds of data processing and storage", making them both more energy efficient.Craig's idea was to use satellites to collect solar energy from the sun, in the hope that it could be beamed down to Earth and provide a"cheap and eco-friendly" renewable.
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