March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... policymakers and experts are exploring initiatives to improve SSA, non-government efforts have also emerged. The Space Data Association, a non-profit organisation created by three major commercial satellite operations in 2009, provides its members...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... has concentrated on micro-robotic concepts and tools for space data analytics using artificial intelligence (AI). As Spacebit’s founder, the author has seen a childhood fascination with space evolve into a company with the potential to enhance and...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... start of the NewSpace economy can, in broad terms, be related to two major driving forces: the application of existing space data, provided by public systems such as GNSS and Earth observation satellites, often combined via novel and creative...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... Orbital designing and building more satellites than anywhere else in Europe) and Edinburgh’s vibrant downstream space data segment are each within a radius of 55 km, together with world-renowned universities (in Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Glasgow...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... them with communications services. It would become the first commercial deep-space data relay mission, using commercial ground stations to provide communications to cis-lunar space. The system would connect with the far side of the Moon...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... of their own and some commercial satellite operators have banded together under the umbrella of the Space Data Association to set up an information system dedicated to avoiding interference and potential collisions. In view of these various threats...
