31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... making their scientific measurements. During their first two years in orbit, the link from the Swam constellation was broken 166 times and now thanks to the data obtained by this mission, scientists now know...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... will be held accountable based on the available geospatial evidence – including regular data from VHR satellite video constellations. In 2016 Earth-i was awarded the contract to supply the state of Queensland, Australia with very high resolution...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
...body and two elements deploying to either side to create a 3.25 m wide antenna array. Products from the ICEYE constellation will find application in urban planning, tracking port activity, sea ice monitoring, environmental monitoring and agricultural...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... renewal in a few years. With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet now operates the largest satellite constellation in history. Deimos, a subsidiary of UrtheCast, has expanded into analytics with its recent acquisition of Geosys. The company...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... has not yet been demonstrated. There are also potential negative impacts from the growth of these constellations. Such a large number of satellites in orbit increases the risk of collisions, resulting in a growth of space debris. Furthermore, they...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... far. The Space Shuttles had retired and NASA’s first follow-on programme to revive human spaceflight, the Constellation Program (CxP), had been cancelled due to a cost estimate of US$145 billion, an increase of nearly 50 percent to stay on schedule...
