Development of a modern global information infrastructure based on a personal satellite communication system

Abstract

The information industry is the main branch of the modern economy. The processes of informatization lead to qualitative changes in society itself in the direction of acquiring sustainable features of the modern information society, the technological basis of which is the global information infrastructure (GII). GII provides free access to information resources to every inhabitant of the planet and provides a set of communication services that provide an open set of applications, covers all types of information and provides the opportunity to receive it anywhere, anytime, at an affordable price and at an affordable price quality. The creation and operation of modern satellite communication systems contributes to the creation of a global information infrastructure. Satellite communications, which is a promising component of modern cyberspace infrastructure, is qualitatively changing the entire telecommunications industry and affecting the usual way of life. Personal satellite communication systems have significant advantages over mobile communication systems. Today, the use of new spacecraft with improved characteristics is expected, which will represent almost the entire range of satellite services. According to documents submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission, satellites in space will «communicate» with each other at a frequency of more than 10 thousand GHz using a laser beam. Ground stations and user terminals will be communicated on 12 GHz radio bands. The promised data rate is 1 Gbps for each consumer. Regarding potential Starlink applications, SpaceX’s management points to the risky nature of the low-bandwidth broadband satellite business and adds that SpaceX plans to use its Starlink satellites not only to provide broadband Internet connectivity in remote areas of the world, but also to connect on other planets.