August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
The beginning of Polish activity in astronomy dates back to the 15th century and the famous figure of the time - Copernicus. His work, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, describes in detail the heliocentric theory of our planetary system. ...
August 2016
Rosetta overcomes major setback
On the morning of 12 December 2002, I arrived at my office and noticed that Andrea Accomazzo, my deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager, was in the room next door to the office of Manfred Warhaut, the Rosetta Ground Segment Manager. He called me in ...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
The unique, open geography of the Middle East combined with the rapid dissemination of technologies such as high-resolution Earth observation satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles, mobile devices such as smart phones, social media, and the emergence ...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
Initial discussions about joint operations for launches actively began 25 years later in the early 1990s, when the fall of the two blocks spurred Russia to further promote its already existing launch assets - including the heavy launcher Proton, as ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
The advancement of technology due to humanity’s desire to reach and understand the stars cannot be understated. Competition breeds innovation, which helps explain some of the great steps forward made in times of war: innovation breeds success. Space...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
Back in 2011, when Planet Labs was just a handful of engineers and scientists working in a garage in Cupertino, California, I was one of the first employees of the company and my main role was working on the radio subsystem. Being at a startup, I ...
