October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
.... About the author Nicolas Lévêque joined Airbus (then Astrium) in 2007. He has worked on and managed various Earth observation studies, including the Sentinel -5 Precursor project since late 2009, in the dual role of platform system engineer...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... in contrast to much slower end-to-end lifecycles through dedicated and siloed services in the past, whether in satcom or Earth observation. With both incumbents (as well as other major CSPs such as Google and IBM) being experienced service providers...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... hues: OLCI, the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument. Ocean colour Earth observations are now an important source of information for coastal management, policy making and Earth system science. In Europe, the requirements for the monitoring of coastal...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...massive reduction in cost while the need is increasing for applications such as communications, remote sensing (Earth observation and meteorology), navigation and the next generation of entertainment technologies like virtual reality (VR). Industries...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... the world to be part of the solution. A September 2019 manoeuvre of the European Space Agency (ESA) Aeolus Earth observation satellite to avoid a potential collision with a satellite in the SpaceX Starlink constellation thrust once obscure matters...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... of the problem. This is in every area - from Earth observation and weather management right the way through to taking industrial activities...are often higher in quality than those grown on Earth and present opportunities for the development of new ...
