October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... both natural hazards and man-made threats such as space debris. Stuart has an MSc in Astrophysics, a PhD in satellite constellation design, and has been a fellow of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... the Earth in eight shells with different altitudes and inclinations. Each dot represents one satellite. Constellations Satellite constellations are groups of spacecraft of the same design, distributed among a series of orbits in order to cover the...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
... these insights are needed to make crucial and timely decisions. Monitoring for changes on Earth’s surface, a SAR satellite constellation will enable data users to detect and react to flooding and other natural catastrophes, avoid icebergs at sea...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... included images of moving aeroplanes at Dubai airport. In preparation for its new VHR Video satellite constellation, colour video from space at a native 1 m pixel resolution (up to 60 cm with super-resolution processing) and at up to 30 frames...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...does not yet understand the impact of these satellite constellations, but recognises that they may threaten both ...radio astronomy from aggregate radio signals emitted from the satellite constellations, stating that “recent advances in radio astronomy,...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... commercial contract comes up for renewal in a few years. With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet now operates the largest satellite constellation in history. Deimos, a subsidiary of UrtheCast, has expanded into analytics with its recent...
