June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... investment industry could be affected. Think, for example, about high-speed trading where the global navigation satellite systems are commonly used to place time stamps on financial transactions where precision timing is critical. A severe space...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... institutional launches per year. The EU, for example, is launching a navigation satellite system, Galileo, similar to the U.S GPS system, that requires 24 operational satellites (plus in-orbit spares), which should guarantee a continuing demand for...
10 April 2019
Brexit high noon for UK space industry
... UK could play in the global space enterprise, post-Brexit." British involvement in the European Galileo global navigation satellite system has been one of the most fraught space-related challenges of Brexit. Over the course of the summer...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... an injection of funds, ESA can now move ahead with the early phase development of the six Sentinel satellite systems that would complement the existing arrangement. At present, three complete two...
08 January 2023
GPS
... reading, chapter notes and an index. Much to its credit, it even includes a chapter on ‘European, Russian and other satellite systems’. I can imagine that the entire series of more than 30 books looks good on any serious reader’s bookshelves...
January 2020
Apollo girl - camaraderie and discrimination in the Apollo era
... deployment of the first ever space-based communications system. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) would consist of a constellation of geosynchronous satellites and associated ground facilities, providing global tracking, telemetry...
