November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
... various executive positions within COM DEV. Mr Mabson has authored several technical papers related to satellite communications systems and previously served on the technology advisory board at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He graduated...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... indeed support both current and future markets. The most lucrative sector of today’s commercial launch market is communications satellites (comsats) that operate in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) but are initially launched into geosynchronous transfer...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... of Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon, now a heritage monument at CDSCC. Today, as the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, only the Tidbinbilla station remains in operation, playing a crucial role in planetary exploration. While the tracking...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... transformed humans from hunter-gatherers to farmers. A new kind of farming lifestyle greatly increased the ability of human communities to capture energy and enabled a hundredfold increase in human population. Then, some 300 years ago, came the...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... led to miniaturisation and a massive reduction in cost while the need is increasing for applications such as communications, remote sensing (Earth observation and meteorology), navigation and the next generation of entertainment technologies like...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
... this information; while advanced modelling techniques can be applied to collision risk calculations, it is all for naught if risk communications and risk awareness are neglected. In C975, over the last 18 months, there have been five recorded...
