October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... sector. Wildfires in California, USA, captured by Sentinel-2 in August 2020. Glasgow-based Omanos Analytics uses satellite data to support sustainable development, identifying and monitoring social and environmental impacts in order to reduce risk...
14 November 2019
Met services prepare for next-generation satellite systems
... one example of how the next generation systems will help us meet this challenge." Met Office Head of Satellite Data Products and Systems Dr Simon Keogh said the MTG mission had massive potential to improve weather and...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... position, both technically and otherwise to drag Australia out of its dependenceoriented approach to satellite utilisation. For example, raw satellite data from the bush fire monitoring system on Sentinel had to be processed in the US, posing...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
.... The Vision encourages the government to set up pilot projects for each satellite programme and invites private industry to support those projects by using satellite data, which would lead to the creation of a commercial industry for space-based...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... in the long term to enable improved response times and service. SiHealth’s HappySun app uses real-time satellite data to enable users to control their exposure to solar UV rays. Engaging with industry Innovation will always be driven by unexpected...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... the development of the space sector goes together with the expansion of the number of downstream users using satellite data for non-space activities. Three main types of downstream users can be clearly identified: Earth Observation (EO) users...
