November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... that has to work during a hurricane,” said Mandorlo. “The satellite must withstand the very solar storms it is monitoring – with robust radiation shielding, fault tolerance and 24/7 data relay infrastructure.” These requirements include strict data...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
...and defence needs (maritime surveillance, border control, monitoring international treaties, etc.) with investment shared between... the convergence between ICT and EO become a reality? Monitoring trends and key indicators should give a clearer picture:...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
...the needs of space exploration are sure to drive ever more portable and lightweight medical diagnosis equipment to monitor the health of astronauts and their environment, so as to mitigate issues before they become serious. Oxford Nanopore’s portable...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
.... Operational constellation With more than two million square kilometres of ocean areas, much of which is in the Arctic, monitoring and control is a challenge AISSat-1’s original purpose was to test detection of AIS signals in space. But even the...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
.... Automated solutions are necessary on the ground to reduce the workload of the operators in coordinating a full constellation. By monitoring the spacecraft and their orbits, automated manoeuvres are used to simplify the orbit maintenance and the...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... been placed in GEO. In the future, such monitoring missions may help to provide warning of extreme space weather... a hazard again. These orbital changes can potentially be monitored with existing tracking telescopes, but the rotational effects created...
