10 July 2020
Satellite for US Air Force successfully launches
L3Harris Technologies launched the latest in a demonstration series of end-to-end small satellites as part of a US Air Force constellation the company is responsible for developing. As the prime contractor for the firm fixed-price development space ...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
... data to the tiny spacecraft. Asgardia-1 is the beginning of a 25-year space programme that will continue with satellite constellations and end with a settlement on the Moon in the 2040s. Ashurbeyli explains: “We are not contemplating things that...
04 July 2019
Annual Global MilSatCom in London
... and emerging space-faring nations across the globe • A dedicated focus day looking at how small satellite constellations and disruptive space technology is revolutionising space-based communications • Meet and network with over 550 attendees...
March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
...Precipitation (GSMaP) every hour by combining data from more than 13 satellites, including the GPM core satellite, constellation satellites, and geostationary satellites. GSMaP provides global rainfall distribution data with a 0.1 degree grid. Anyone...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...rest are either in LEO or in the medium Earth orbits (MEOs) used by GPS and other global navigation satellite constellations. Spatial density of orbital debris vs. altitude in Low Earth orbits. Orbital debris concern The proliferation of space debris...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... Such an accomplishment was only achieved, in a pandemic zone, through robust monitoring via the high-resolution GaoFen satellite constellation, which was used for mapping, surveillance, and remote sensing to complete the mission. Robots and Internet...
