January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
...them for years to come. The Irrawaddy River in Myanmar captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite in March 2017 after the harvesting season. Satellite data was used in climate-proofing water supply and wastewater facilities in Mandalay, Myanmar...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... usage, as well as air and water pollution in built-up areas. All of this can be assessed with the use of satellite data and imagery. It is possible that with national and international policy initiatives to make working from home a normalised...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... with other defence and intelligence domains. The development of smaller and smaller satellites has resulted in cheaper and more flexible access to satellite data for national organisations and private businesses alike. According to ESA figures, over...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
...-time and near real-time processing capabilities is transforming how satellite data is utilised. Computing platforms integrated into satellites can perform initial data processing and feature extraction in orbit, reducing downlink requirements and...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... and natural disasters. As such, the financial damage caused by a breach could be substantial. For instance, U.S. weather satellite data provided crucial early warning of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy that ravaged the northeast seaboard. Even with the...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... ventures that want to go beyond traditional Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) but using satellite data with ground based sensors in creating data stacks that can add specific industry and decision intelligence to an array of industries...
