December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
...EO concept missions were chosen per study for a full cost–benefit analysis, including instrument, platform, launch, ground segment and feasibility assessments. In the first study, a collaboration formed by NOVELTIS, ENEA and OHB, these concepts were4...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... that wishes to insure anything from a single spacecraft to an entire system (including both space and ground segments). The client engages a satellite manufacturer (otherwise known as a prime contractor), which manages a team of subcontractors...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... by doing it! In the meantime, Manfred Warhaut, the first ground segment manager of Rosetta back in 1996 when the project started, and...and workarounds when problems were developing on board or on ground. I have lived the strong emotions of arriving at...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... of small launch vehicle companies. A less overtly visible technology trend is occurring as cloud computing and satellite ground segments converge to create new opportunities for automation and data dissemination that are more rapid than traditional...
13 September 2017
New constellation to reshape Earth observation market
...’ line-of-sight.,” reported Airbus in their recent press release. With plans for their next-generation ground segments to offer machine learning, automated analytics applications, multi-mission capabilities and large-scale image processing, Airbus...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
...essential part of the overall communication system, together with ground networks and ubiquitous smart devices, from smartphones to ...so-called ‘common costs’: launch, flight operations and data ground segment. Up to 20 per cent of this satellite cost ...
