August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...of Mars and relay UHF telemetry received from the InSight lander directly back to Earth using an X-band ...is still plenty to discover. In 2018, NASA plans to launch the InSight spacecraft, led by Bruce Banerdt at JPL, to probe the interior of...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... begin thermal monitoring of Earth. The company’s orbital view of heat and cold could lead to serious economic insights and insights of other kinds, as hinted by the addition of Lockheed Martin and In-Q-Tel to the list of investors. Looking forward...
23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
... manager for ASTERIA at JPL. One such other mission is NASA’s next robotic lander – InSight – which is heading for Mars next month. As InSight cruises along to the red planet, it will be joined on its journey by two CubeSats called...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...ups do not plan to fly their own satellites: Orbital Insights, based in Palo Alto, recently received US$20 million in new... the investment arm of the US intelligence community. Orbital Insights gathers its data through contracts with EO data owners and...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... shallow underground water detected by radar are tenuous at best - even radar has a limited range underground. NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander will be the first mission to explore...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
...data sources and deliver the wide range of intelligence and insight required by partners and governments. The types of data incorporated... value to the work and providing rich, detailed insight not always otherwise available. All are fully integrated ...
