July 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
... more slowly than previously expected, President Obama announced a Phased Adaptive Approach, a missile defence plan for Europe. In 2010, NATO called for development of the capability to defend its populations and territories against ballistic missile...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
...is apparent that integrating space even further into modern societies and economies will be essential to achieving many of Europe’s most important policy goals as well as global challenges. Space assets, with their inherently global reach, constitute...
March 2015
Ka-band satellite communication and lowering the price of VSATs
... Due to these fortunate circumstances, over 70% of satellite internet users currently live in the US, with another 10-15% in Western Europe, despite the fact that the telecommunications infrastructure in these two regions could hardly be called...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... successfully, the majority of the facilities on the Space Station are still agency-owned and operated, especially in Europe. This means a European scientist will still need to go through long institutional processes in order to use these facilities...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...champions’ are DigitalGlobe (US) and Airbus Defence and Space (Europe). DigitalGlobe is currently the worldwide leader. It offers ...companies have emerged, first in the US and now in Europe and worldwide, such as Satellogic in Argentina [4] and NorStar...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... services for autonomous European access to LEO. The US company Sierra Nevada Corporation leads the project, supported in Europe by OHB System AG, Germany, and Telespazio, Italy. Lunar Communications Pathfinder: this proposal would deliver customer...
