October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
... are more compact, often easier to install and maintain, and more cost effective. This opens up satellite connectivity to new markets and applications. Historically, higher frequencies have also tended to be less congested than lower frequency...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
...scientists now know why satellites sometimes lose their GPS connection - thunderstorms. These ‘thunderstorms’ appear in the ... a direct link between these storms and the loss of connection to GPS,” said Claudia Stolle from the GFZ research centre...
August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
... in something of a small satellite revolution that never was. The SMEX-Lite satellite bus, which is responsible for connecting various components and computers, was designed to be ‘NASA’s Next Generation Small Explorer’ framework for building small...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), a global non-profit that supports students and young professionals to connect to the wider space industry. Harriet has a master’s in planetary science at the California Institute of Technology and...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
..., ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano tests new functionality for CIMON-2 relating to mood detection in February 2020. Increasing connectivity and symbiotic interactions between humans and intelligent machines raise significant questions for the rule of law...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... of our civilisation, numerous challenges need to be addressed from space: monitoring our impact, increasing our connectivity, exploring the solar system… such applications require the implementation of large space facilities. As result, space...
