June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... activities that are already underway, both within the Earth’s orbit and beyond; such as the boom in satellite communications technology, the increase in private sector space activity and the ongoing exploration of celestial bodies within the...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... AIM first and foremost as a technology demonstration mission. It will trial deep-space optical communications techniques, inter-satellite communications between AIM, its CubeSats and a micro lander, and proximity operations in low gravity. All...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...resources to attain the collective goal of human advancement by planetary exploration makes eminent sense. India’s GSAT-12 communication satellite launched by ISRO in July 2011 A variety of technology and cost-sharing models could be worked upon. For...
25 July 2022
Space Station payload to test superfast EO data delivery and AI analysis
... or less. "Great strides have been made with optical intersatellite links in increasing the reliability of satellite communications, and our technology complements this by bringing in advanced data compression and streaming for hyperspectral data...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
...: basic and academic skills; remote sensing/Earth observation; position navigation and timing; engineering; satellite communications; technical skills inferring a mixture of required ‘upskilling’ and ‘reskilling’ to build a space ecosystem. Looking...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
... Station located on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, will be upgraded to enable it to provide deep-space tracking and satellite communication services on a commercial basis. Established in 1962, Goonhilly was at one time the largest...
