April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... in constellations, commercialisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and disruptive innovation - all things we needed to be proactively... The laboratory brought together what we called the ‘disruptive innovation community’, many of them working in AI,...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...solar flares can produce strong X-rays that may disrupt radio communication through enhanced ionisation of the upper ...-circuit path over the grounded electric power lines and cause disruptions and degradation in power transmission. On 9 March 1989,...
May 2022
Multinational training for interplanetary spaceflight crews
... due to low levels of group interaction and cooperation. These risks may result in reduced performance efficiency, disruption of sustainable collective safety behaviour in the crew, etc. Among the many interplanetary flight factors that form...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... these constraints: “We’ve been very careful about ensuring minimal disruption. We don’t need to shut down the island’s ... close airspace before launches. That minimises disruption to transatlantic flights, which typically already route ...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... security of these constellations. A successful cyberattack on the AI components of these systems could lead to widespread disruption of PNT services, impacting transportation, finance, energy grids and emergency services, or the denial/manipulation...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
...challenges. Traditional GPS and other GNSS systems are vulnerable to jamming and spoofing attacks that can disrupt critical infrastructure and military operations. The development of resilient PNT architectures has become a national security priority...
