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 ...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... cover all of Norway’s national user needs. On this basis, and with experience from international science and Earth observation satellite cooperation missions and scientific sounding rockets, the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) and the Norwegian...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...the global monitoring of potable water has identified issues of water security for certain regions of the world. Earth observation satellites are also tackling issues related to deforestation, agriculture and animal migration, which have direct links...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... The Sentinels form the dedicated part of the Copernicus Space Component. Copernicus is the world’s most ambitious Earth observation programme. Copernicus is led by the European Union, with ESA being the coordinator of the space component. Copernicus...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...in the ‘Technology’ category but this shrinks to 14 percent in the SpaceWorks market forecast for 2017-2019 with ‘Earth Observation/Remote Sensing’ forecast to increase to 64 percent. SpaceWorks’ projections (see top of p45) show that more than 2,400...
