December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
.... In the first study, a collaboration formed by NOVELTIS, ENEA and OHB, these concepts were4: WiRM, a wind pencil-beam scatterometer for wind resource assessment and offshore operations; GEM, a greenhouse gas (GHG) mission based on a SWIR...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... positions and additionally radiate with different polarisation. Frequencies can be used even more effectively by using multi-beam antennas. For example, a Ka-Sat satellite builds up to 82 rays and one frequency can be reused up to 20 times. With...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... the advanced geomobile L-band payload, allowing unprecedented flexible allocation of capacity through digital channellisation and beam-forming. It is a major step in payload operational capability. The Alphasat Digital Integrated Processor providing...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... ambitious business concepts were presented in response to the presented challenges including powering Earth-orbiting satellites through beamed energy from in-situ manufactured solar panels on the surface of the Moon and the creation of an Earth...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... for the small movements of Twinkle during science observations, a steerable ‘tip-tilt’ mirror will focus a steady beam of incoming light into the science instrument package. There, the light will be filtered to remove unwanted wavelengths...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
...important altitude raised significant concerns. Computer graphic depicting a future solar power system in orbit around Earth, beaming energy to receiving antennas on the ground. As well as technology hurdles, such systems will also need to be subject...
