March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... (ISS). The failure destroyed 2,290 kg of cargo bound for the ISS, as well as 26 small satellites from commercial remote sensing company Planet Labs. While disappointment followed the accident, one theme resonated loudly: launch is a risky business...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... before our very eyes. A low-orbit race for the creation of a maximally time-efficient ERS (Earth Remote Sensing) service has already begun (SkyBox, Planet Labs projects). Investors and entrepreneurs alike are once again...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
...the main profits in space businesses are generated from offering services to various levels of consumers in telecommunications, Earth remote sensing and navigation. It is therefore only logical that companies that produce and manufacture SSCs see new...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... since the 1970s — i.e. none. They also noted the dramatic increase in new space activities in space communications, remote sensing, navigation and timing, as well as space systems related to national security. Even more to the point they reviewed...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... space and Earth orbit, studying the Sun, planets and small celestial bodies in the solar system, remote sensing by satellites (for ascertaining the contamination of bodies of water, forests, the water content of soil, and weather forecasting...
November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
... AOCS they eventually managed to get a stable pointing solution, thus making the fly-by a success. All Rosetta remote sensing instruments operated throughout the phase and the OSIRIS scientific camera delivered images of the 5 km asteroid Šteins...
