February 2021
Why flat panel antennas remain a challenge
... needs flat panel antennas (FPA). Space is often at a premium in comms-on-the-move environments, so flat panels are naturally an attractive option and the potential is huge. A report issued last year by Northern Sky Research forecasts cumulative...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... and feedbacks in our ecosystems, we now have the ability to get inside both the biophysical process loops of natural responses and design cycles of anthropogenic policy decisions. We can see subtle changes in surface properties by their persistence...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... 100 km up at the internationally recognized Kármán line.” The nature of the experience offered by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic means...until now, there has been no real need to evaluate the nature of what it is to be an astronaut. The media has ...
November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... grids, aviation and communications. Riding a storm What makes Vigil different from past missions is its operational nature. Unlike science-focused missions, Vigil is built for durability and responsiveness. “It’s a weather station that has to work...
11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
... planet is not a second Earth, said one of the researchers of this latest study, Angelos Tsiaras, as he spoke to journalists at a Nature press briefing yesterday, it is the only planet known right now outside of our Solar System that has...
February 2018
Journey of inspiration
...creativity and flying. Growing up like this, it just seemed natural for me to earn my private pilot’s license, study aeronautical ... enough about his enthusiasm for his art and his humble nature, or his willingness to answer all of my questions about...