December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
... elite billionaires, while commercial activities have been largely limited to satellites for communications, navigation systems and remote sensing. More ambitious projects - lunar and Mars rovers, planetary probes and human exploration aboard the...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... to support the realisation and maintenance of human rights obligations terrestrially, such as the use of remote sensing and Earth observation satellites for monitoring humanitarian developments in Burma. Secondly, the extension of terrestrial human...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... company now headquartered in San Francisco, California, that takes a fundamentally different approach to aerospace and remote sensing. We build large quantities of small satellites, each weighing approximately 5 kg and based on the 3U Cubesat form...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...to miniaturisation and a massive reduction in cost while the need is increasing for applications such as communications, remote sensing (Earth observation and meteorology), navigation and the next generation of entertainment technologies like virtual...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
... exploration has for many years been driven by a military rationale: rockets are derived from missiles and remote sensing satellites can spy on almost anyone. Today, being ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) -free is actually a selling...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
...China and Russia have increased their in-orbit assets by 70 percent across all major categories, including communications, remote sensing, aviation and science & technology demonstration, following a 200 percent increase in the three-year period from...
