January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
... nanometres (nm) to 570 nm for the wavelength] and in two narrow-band emissions lines (Fe XIV line 530.4 nm and He I line 587.7...innovative Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) system, based on S-band RF technology. It allows data packets exchange between the ...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...the Intelsat New Dawn satellite was unable to deploy its C-band reflector antenna in 2011 due to the billowing of an ...the Intelsat New Dawn satellite was unable to deploy its C-band reflector antenna in 2011 due to the billowing of an insulating...
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...
