May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... than more exposed regions, which further diminishes the attraction of these regions to mining concerns. LOFAR low band antennas - part of an array located in the Netherlands. So Shackleton is a potential site for a Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) which...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... the US Space Surveillance Network (SSN), the Haystack X-Band Radar, as well as returned space-exposed surfaces from ...US Space Force becomes fully functional. This multibillion dollar S-band radar facility, located in the Marshall Islands on Kwajalein...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
..., Navigation and Timing (PNT) services onto every communications slink, develop laser communication system, develop V/W band radio frequency (RF) communications system. Build resilient and cyber secure ground infrastructure. Alternative PNT: develop...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
.... HJ 1C, that was launched in 2012, is the first civilian Chinese remote sensing satellite to use SAR radar. This S-band SAR was manufactured in Russia by NPO Mashinostroyeniya. In 2020, HJ 2A/B were launched and probably are improved satellites that...
08 February 2016
Japan’s Astro-H mission due to launch on February 12, 2016
... energy range of 0.5-12 keV, the Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) that performs sensitive imaging spectroscopy in the 5- 80 keV band and the non-imaging Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) that extends Astro-H’s energy...
17 February 2016
Gogo Inc. Fights to Keep American Airlines Contract
... satellite in-flight WiFi is the best in class, a statement disputed by Viasat. ViaSat offers a Ka-band technology using its own satellites and hardware. ViaSat recently announced an expansion of its broadband portfolio with ...
