June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... within wheels, and some had 40 to 100 epicycles to explain the motion of planets. It took astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler to set humanity straight on the true nature of how planets orbit the Sun and...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... the EU has become a major space actor with its global Galileo navigation/positioning system and its Copernicus Earth observation programme which operates several Sentinel satellites in LEO. If Europe can get its act together...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
... tremendous value and providing the start-up community with easy access to much-needed funds. Image from Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite showing part of northeast Kenya. “Security token technology will be a particularly important development for the...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... Astrium (now Airbus DS) where she managed Business Development across Europe for the €3.2 billion joint ESA-EU Copernicus programme. She has a BEng in Electronic Engineering from the University of York, a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Satellite...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
... together a solution that will serve them for years to come. The Irrawaddy River in Myanmar captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite in March 2017 after the harvesting season. Satellite data was used in climate-proofing water...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
.... A normally busy Frankfurt airport looks almost deserted amid the COVID-19 crisis in an image captured by Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 30 March 2020. The activities of those commercial businesses deemed “essential” included those...
