February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... currently cover: navigation and positioning receivers for road applications; space situational awareness monitoring; Earth observation; planetary protection; upstream standards; and future activities in space standardisation. ESA is an active member...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... space economy. This new economy has produced constellations of Earth observation satellites which help us see both how our world is.... Changing perspectives For many years, the Earth observation sector struggled for commercial acceptance. Now the...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... the realisation and maintenance of human rights obligations terrestrially, such as the use of remote sensing and Earth observation satellites for monitoring humanitarian developments in Burma. Secondly, the extension of terrestrial human rights into...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
...scope of a given mission dictates the particular environmental parameters it will face. A low-orbiting Earth observation mission faces very different constraints from a geostationary telecommunications satellite, or an exploration mission out to deep...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... around Earth, are actually quite constrained and fragile. Low Earth orbits (LEO), where we find Earth observation satellites ... Agency wants to lead on. Does space sustainability include Earth’s atmosphere? Thinking about the potential for damage by...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
...ALOS-2 Rapid Response satellites where approval to an emergency observation request could be granted within an hour. Once ...provided within five hours. ALOS-2 has night observation capabilities, rendering the emergency response more efficient since...
