March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
... the price of EO data, geopolitical needs or new technological advancement leading to the availability of a new type of data. Small satellite constellations are on the rise, which will produce more data, but it is plausible that the focus will shift...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... sin of humankind and the bondage to sin that afflicts all of humankind thereafter”. Space systems – rockets, satellite constellations, their ground infrastructures and peripherals on Earth – have not escaped their militarised and competitive origins...
July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
... services, as well as airline operational communications services. It is made available over the Inmarsat-3 and Inmarsat-4 satellite constellations through Inmarsat’s Classic Aero distribution partners, ARINC and SITA. Classic Aero is used by over...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... a wide array of communications services including AIS, ADS-B, IoT, etc. and small satellite constellations in EO for bringing in the four Vs of satellite big data. These services are already being planned by several NewSpace players around the world...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... commercial ambitions. Specifically, it was highlighted that insurance requirements on individual satellites would be wholly impractical for multiple satellite constellations. As the Bill continued its passage through Parliament, attempts at imposing...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
.... This problem is further complicated by the launch, or proposed launch, of tens of thousands of satellites in the form of large-scale (mega) satellite constellations in already crowded portions of low Earth orbits. Despite these urgent and pressing...
