February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
..., launched from the International Space Station (ISS). The EGG (re-Entry satellite with Gossamer aeroshell and GPS/Iridium) was designed by MAAC (Membrane Aeroshell for Atmospheric-entry Capsule) research group, established at the turn...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... or two-way communication services. Several such constellations already exist, the best known of which are the GPS, Glonass and Galileo systems. But they all comprise a small number of satellites, in each case well below...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
...finally flew in 2011 and made a major contribution to astronomy. The space-based navigation system, GLONASS (Russia’s ‘GPS’) was restored to full strength. There were, however, limits to what could be achieved, as a function of uncertain budget flows...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... impact is at least four times greater than was previously thought. This is one of the things that sensors on GPS satellites, originally designed to detect nuclear explosions, have told us over the past 10 years. An inventory of potentially hazardous...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... use EO based information without even considering its source. In the same way that hardly anyone thinks of GPS satellites when they press the “I am here button” on a location-based app, so few people will consider where...
March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
... to its expectations of becoming a multi-billion dollar market and justifies the hype through rapid adoption akin to GPS is something that is yet to be shown. EO technology is still not as democratised as it should be and few among the general public...
