Recent Progress and Future Development in Satellite Communication

Abstract

In the era of high-speed communication, large-capacity broadband and multimedia personalization, satellite communication has become one of the most special ways of wireless communication. With the rapid development of satellite communication during recent years, many projects, like Oneweb, Starlink, and Telesat have been attempted. Based on higher and higher transmission speed demand, Satellite communication becomes a newly effective supplementation of traditional terrestrial station gradually. After nearly half a century of exploration, started from a live broadcast, broadband satellite constellation represented by Starlink had become mainstream application. The future communication system should be land, sea, and space integration. In this article, the phylogeny of SC, basic construct and some application will be discussed. Consider the specific applications, some challenges and future trend are also the focus. At the same time, the comparison between Satellite communication and terrestrial provision offers a thinking way of communication industry ecology. Nevertheless, the satellite communication system based on radio microwave communication still has some technical development problems and application difficulties, and it is necessary to seek breakthroughs in communication technology and hardware facilities.