Feasibility of a Proposed Low Cost Satellite Communication System for South America, Central America and Caribbean regions

摘要

The increasing telecommunication market demand in countries of South America and Caribbean present an unparalleled opportunity. A low cost orbit satellite communications system, answering the requirements set by the ever evolving satellite system industry, would answer this market demand and generate revenue to potential investors. This feasibility analysis gains on results of MIT research and incorporates the numerous challenges faced in incorporation of such a low cost satellite system in a political, financial, management, and technological perspective. The trade study presented gains on the market top contesters and their utilized technologies and expands on the management of the companies who have succeeded in the region. A special emphasis is on innovative solution to a market demand in a low income regions, which incorporates strategies used by the top company.