May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
... on the move, everywhere, all of the time. About the author Roger Dewell is Managing Director of the satellite systems consultancy High Q Systems Ltd. Having worked in the space industry for more than 50 years, Roger has design, development...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... and assembly capabilities could revolutionise how large space structures are built and deployed. The future of satellite systems lies in hybrid architectures that combine different orbital regimes, platform types and capabilities In the final...
20 November 2018
Goonhilly joins consortium to drive Australia’s space sector
.... The goal is to catapult Australia’s space industry into a leadership position in several areas including intelligent satellite systems, advanced communications, and earth observation driven data analytics. The research consortium aims to co-develop...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
.... This is a very real cosmic danger that could knock out our electric power grids, kill key satellite systems for communications and navigation and defence. This cosmic menace could knock out the time synchronization...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... trend of Moore’s Law driving miniaturisation of hardware has created a technological basis that has enabled smaller satellite systems to accomplish useful and operational capabilities. Furthermore, the global economic downturn that began in 2008 has...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... in the 1980s it was allowed for civilian use. With this emerged the generic name of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Russia then developed its own GNSS called GLONASS. Since then China has developed its...