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 ...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... and appropriate software implementation of the protocols used for automation between nodes and for monitoring ground segments. If protocols are not designed effectively, resulting in possible ambiguities in their interpretation, cyber risks can...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
..., the increasing vulnerability of space-based assets, ground stations, associated command and control systems, and ... responsible for satellite network planning, network control and ground segment management. Being able to rely on two facilities ...
