April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... R. Radhakrishnan, W. W. Edmonson, F. Afghah, R. M. Rodriguez-Osorio, F. Pinto and S. C. Burleigh. Survey of Inter-Satellite Communication for Small Satellite Systems: Physical Layer to Network Layer View; IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
...–2040 timeframe EUMETSAT and NOAA signed an agreement in 1998 to collaborate on the IJPS, comprising two polar-orbiting satellite systems and their respective ground segments, and forming one key component of the global observing...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... very early – in 1991 – under the Electronic Media Act. However, this law was limited to the authorisation of satellite systems and could not envisage that, 25 years later, new forms of space activity would be conducted under the...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... of the distance and places where terrestrial wireless simply cannot penetrate. So there is a huge opportunity for satellite systems in the mobile broadband marketplace where growth is currently at double digit rates. The Blue Moon lander, unveiled...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... is supported by the whole spectrum of existing space assets including the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), communication satellites, Earth observation systems, space probes and even CubeSats. Therefore, the operation of the whole spectrum...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...and the Moon that is not routinely tracked by terrestrial space surveillance sensors Due to the global nature of satellite systems, and the difficulties in detecting and adequately assessing potential threats, conflict escalation control is of utmost...
