June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... for the past couple of years. Its orbital transfer vehicles have streamlined the deployment of small satellite constellations, reducing the time required from launch to operations by up to 85 percent and the cost for deployment of an entire...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... This seemed an appropriate name for these newly discovered objects, and so they became known as satellites. An incvreasing number of satellite constellations in coming years will need focused and specific global traffic magaement rules. Once Sputnik...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... by the launch of very large commercial satellite constellations, and it shows no sign of slowing down. Just one such constellation, Starlink, will have more satellites when it is completed than all the satellites that were launched by all nations...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... which is crucial for missions beyond Earth orbit and for managing increasingly large and complex satellite constellations. Cybersecurity challenges AI techniques are vital for tasks such as automated object detection and classification in EO imagery...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... AISSat-1 and -2 and NorSat-1 and -2 on 22 July 2017 at 11:24 UTC. New sensors on NorSat-3 and -4 The Norwegian AIS satellite constellation has proven its utility for maritime surveillance and operations, particularly in the Arctic The Norwegian AIS...
May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
...to link mobile platforms with low Earth orbiting satellite constellations, it is little wonder that developers are turning... antenna position and orientation changes and as the satellite constellation moves across the orbital arc. Phased array antennas...
