July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... on space-based resources to go about our daily lives (telecommunications, weather monitoring, navigation, national security, entertainment, agriculture, environmental monitoring and so on) means we are increasingly susceptible to the vagaries of the...
March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
...in addition to those already offered by the 3U Gaia system include agricultural monitoring, urban planning and environmental monitoring. Agricultural and environmental applications are especially interesting where the imager’s high-performance optics...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
...longer the preserve of science fiction or government astronauts. It is becoming integral to our economic infrastructure, environmental monitoring, defence capability and human imagination. If we are to preserve it as a shared domain, we must act with...
February 2016
A Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE)
... includes a toilet (gravity based) and a sink for personal hygiene. The ‘monitoring and ventilation rack’ is comprised of two small racks and includes the environmental monitoring system, the air conditioning and two ventilation units. The final...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... the nuclear and ballistic missile activities of the closed society of North Korea. Similarly, environmental monitoring satellites allow users to monitor the impact of climate change in generally inhospitable regions such as the Arctic and Antarctic...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... providers are democratising access to satellite imagery and analytics, enabling new applications across agriculture, environmental monitoring, insurance and urban planning. This commercial growth is driving down costs while spurring innovation...
