October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
Since the dawn of the Space Age, satellite communications ground systems have changed..., cost alone presents a reasonable argument for optimised efficiency in today’s space communication models. However, the ground infrastructure to handle the load of...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... world’s oceans. A tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the Starlink Falcon 9 mission patch. Since the early days of the Space Age, we have witnessed an increasing awareness of the need to mitigate the result of humanity’s ecological impact and ever-growing...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... view of the author, is rapidly developing into both technical and ethical challenges. Since the beginning of the Space Age, heralded by Sputnik 1 reaching low Earth orbit (LEO) in 1957, more than 6,000 successful launches have led...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... we start by setting the scene for the Portuguese Space Agency: when was it formed and what is its main mission? The space sector in Portugal dates to the dawn of the Space Age with the supply of cork insulating material to many...
03 January 2021
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars (and 3 imposters)
... published back in the 1950s or 1960s, when the Space Age was young. From its stylised cover design to its ...it channels the comfortable astronomy primers of an earlier and simpler age. Un-surprisingly for a book published in 2020, the similarity ends...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... in numbers The advent of larger and larger LEO constellations using smaller spacecraft has ushered in a new Space Age and the concept has been pioneered by entrepreneurial spacecraft operators, looking to provide communications to end users at low...
