April 2019
Cleaning up space
...addition, satellites are used to manage and mitigate natural disasters, monitor the Earth’s climate and well-...oceans and soil on Earth, we need to care for the critical natural resource of low Earth orbit (LEO). Humankind is now approaching an era...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... Altimeter (PALT), which will perform distance measurements, and a Thermal IR (TIR) camera, which will characterise the nature of the asteroids’ surfaces even when in shadow. Hera will also deploy a pair of CubeSats to gain additional perspectives...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... resolution. The Sharjah tower. Software By studying this natural space debris, we can understand the formation of our...hold when they are collected as meteorites. By studying this natural space debris, we can understand the formation of our solar ...
October 2020
Open Source Space
...source. Microsatellites and the birth of Linux The open source development model began as a reaction to the ‘closed’ nature of proprietary software The first modern microsatellites, UoSAT-1 and UoSAT-2, were developed in the 1980s by an academic team...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... support The primary condition of the Charter’s activation revolves around the significant impact of a disaster of natural or technological origin and its consequences on the environment, lives or infrastructure. It is important to note that it can...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... own humanity and shared responsibility to each other and to nature, if phenomena like the overview effect are any indication.... is remote from LDC infrastructure or has fewer attractive natural characteristics, the rate would remain very low. Licenses...
