October 2020
Open Source Space
..., BitLab). Today, these ‘big data’ capabilities are the driving force behind many of the space-based apps and services that individuals and organisations rely on in their everyday lives. Commercial CubeSats Repeating the cycle...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
..., so much more music. And then, once I cashed out in 2005, I joined up with the Slacker Radio streaming app and was part of the second wave of internet radio, where you could actually create your own...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... way that hardly anyone thinks of GPS satellites when they press the “I am here button” on a location-based app, so few people will consider where they get environmental information from as long as it is appropriate, accurate and reliable...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
..., businesses play a crucial part in ensuring that science is benefiting us all in our day-to-day lives - whether it’s through an app that enables us to check the weather anywhere on Earth or the ability to make phone calls quickly and instantaneously...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... of climate change. Weather monitoring satellites transmit data and imagery to ground stations which is used for weather apps and news, but Earth observation satellites can support the SDGs by monitoring longer-term changes. For...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... the skies, ground stations on land and ships sailing the seas, and even with mobile phone apps. “All the water on Earth already exists. We can’t make more,” says Bradley Doorn, programme manager for...
