October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... away from the Earth), and can be used to establish a physical link using either a probe or a set of grappling arms fitted to the tug. Attaching a space tug to a cooperative, stable target spacecraft is not a trivial engineering challenge, but...
November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
... and immediate alerting of vessels entering the perilous regions, is being provided for the first time by exactEarth. Armed with real-time data, officials can now closely monitor all traffic ensuring the safest routes...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
... Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities, Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services, Association of Old Crows and Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... trying new operational concepts in space. It has an experimental platform composed of a system-on-chip device with 1 GB of RAM, an ARM 925 MHz processor and a lightweight version of Linux. This allows many software experiments to be tested in space...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... and Africa markets are also expected to have strong growth profiles. New regulations, e.g. evolution of International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) rules, will boost VHR markets. The free and open data policy applied in the...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... market. However, their use is currently limited by political and export restrictions, such as the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). By comparison, the price of non-Chinese small launchers is much higher; all of them, except...
