In today’s world, it may be hard to believe that there are places and communities that struggle to stay connected – but statistics tell us otherwise, with half of the world being unconnected. Bridging that digital gap is a vision that all SESers share, and O3b mPOWER Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Ishan Basyal, is no exception. Ishan tells us about what drives him while working closely on the procurement of the upcoming O3b mPOWER communications system in California.
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What has it been like for you and the team seeing the O3b mPOWER satellites go from design phase to construction phase, as
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