March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...changing landscape in disaster management is challenging the developed strategies for threat mitigation. In particular, the increasing dependency on space assets in disaster risk reduction poses new questions on how optimal and effective the existing...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
...-19. The use of satellite technologies in disaster management has been critical in timely allocation, assessment, containment and risk mitigation. The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters (the Charter), agreed in 2000, was the first...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... tracking technology is entirely based on photonics technologies. SERC has a mandate to develop new technology for space debris risk mitigation, in two parallel phases. In the first phase SERC will attempt to reduce near-term satellite losses and...
September 2024
Liberating access to space
..., extensive experience, and proven best practices in space operations. These partnerships facilitate cost-sharing and risk mitigation associated with developing and operating spaceports, making ambitious projects more feasible and economically viable...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
...but to date it has not announced any concrete measures to mitigate the light pollution that its satellites will cause. Unregulated environment...with lower premiums for operators adopting such risk mitigation strategies, might help to encourage such ...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
... antennas to fit on a small satellite While tried-and-tested technology will always be a source of reliability, design and risk mitigation choices can be made in alternative ways which have not been explored by the established space industry. Rather...
