November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... provided the hardware on contract; the only privately-funded spacecraft were the satellites of the nascent space communications revolution. Today, of course, the NewSpace paradigm has shifted our perspective on space missions and we almost expect...
February 2021
Cyber and Space – the role of the cyber-range
.... Instead, we urgently need to develop a space and cybersecurity regime that is flexible and multilateral. The space community has always been good at promoting acceptable ‘behavioural norms’. Numerous countries and agencies already work together...
February 2021
Why flat panel antennas remain a challenge
... will end up with the right tools for their service. In today’s interconnected world consumers expect to be able to communicate wherever they may be. Testing Currently testing takes a huge amount of time and is fraught with a number of challenges...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... growing volume and variety of infrastructure interconnections has changed the status of space weather among the space community, while the magnitude of the associated terrestrial hazards has further broadened the remit of space weather risk...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... space sector. STFC and its campus joint partners are committed to investing in the growth of this space community or ‘cluster’ as it understands the tangible benefits that are reaped from co-locating businesses and organisations such as the...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... live feed from the servicer as it slowly approaches the communications satellite, centimetre-by-centimetre, over a period of hours, as ...there had never been an opportunity to see a communications satellite decades after launch. Would the solar panels...
