March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
...the inclusion of all fundamental subsystems required and the platform is meant to provide a turnkey solution to support space imaging training and capacity building for new space users. In addition, this generic architecture is easily compatible with...
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... passes close to the planet, which reveals itself by bending the light ray further and creating additional images. The image separation is quite small and is not observed. The planet is detected by the time variation of the magnified...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), such as Clearview, NextView and Enhanced View, awarded to DigitalGlobe and Space Imaging in 2003, were the first Private Public Partnerships (PPP) in EO. US administrations have, for the two last decades...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... are fully automated but the robotic network too. Everything from the automated closing dome, imaging of the sky, image processing, the search for undiscovered objects, including moving objects, determination of initial orbit and ‘catching...
June 2015
Hubble’s 25th Anniversary
... was released to celebrate Hubble’s 25th year in orbit and a quarter of a century of new discoveries, stunning images and outstanding science. The image’s central region, containing the star cluster, blends visible-light data taken by the Advanced...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
...of reflected light left by more than 25 Starlink satellites as they passed through the telescope’s field of view. The image was taken soon after satellite deployment and, though it serves as an illustration of the impact of reflections from satellite...
