May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
... skills released in May 2021, identified the following general areas of interest: basic and academic skills; remote sensing/Earth observation; position navigation and timing; engineering; satellite communications; technical skills inferring a mixture...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...one looks to the east also. RISAT-1, a microwave remote sensing satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, ... and experiencing cycles of failures and success, it makes sense (both common and monetary) for parties to cooperate....
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... that I disagree with those who predict a glut of supply for launch capacity in the near to medium term. In remote sensing, there has been a huge explosion in company formations. Notable startups include Planet, OmniEarth, Audacy, LeoLabs, Spire...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
.... For Saturn’s atmosphere, the next step is to find out what is beneath the clouds in those reservoirs hidden to remote sensing. For those deep, hidden depths hold the secrets of Saturn’s formation – does it have a core, how much...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...phase includes impact assessment, response, recovery and reconstruction. For reducing uncertainties and controlling risks, remote sensing technologies are of considerable interest as they provide a valuable source of spatial information. Specifically...
02 November 2016
How life on Mars might be 'sniffed out' by BILI
... being developed to detect organic bio-signatures on other planets. BILI works on a similar principle to other types of remote sensing instruments such as radar, but instead of using radio waves to probe its environment, BILI is a fluorescence-based...
