Hughes Communications India (HCI), a satellite internet service provider launched India’s first high throughput satellite (HTS) broadband service powered by ISRO satellites. In light of this, enumerate the issues associated with satellite communication.

Answer: The announcement of commercial launch of India’s first High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband service by Hughes Communication India is a welcome step as it will enable higher data processing and transfer capacity by using same amount of orbital spectrum as conventional satellites.

However there are following issues with satellite communication:

  • Satellite broadband industry is still at nascent stage in India.
  • Infrastructure woes like inadequate tower fiberisation.
  • Satellite data transfer provides very slow internet speeds and limited satellite bandwidth.
  • Connection times can be impacted by surroundings, length of message and status and availability of satellite network.

Example: Users might not be able ....

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