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...
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...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
...Austria and provides an effective, coordinated satellitebased operations control system for rescue forces operating in the alpine region. The system is based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for positioning and navigation. Terrestrial and...
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...
