Maritime communications – Identifying current and future satellite requirements & technologies

It is tricky to predict the future, especially in the maritime communications market – what are the future demands? Which technologies will be available? How will the regulatory bodies think in the future? Within this paper, the recent development towards future satellite requirements and technologies will be spotlighted. Four use case scenarios are in the focus here, namely: e-navigation, Arctic communications, autonomous ships, and evolution of GMDSS.