September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... (CAISS). This permits private Indian companies with a foreign equity of less than 74 percent to establish Indian satellite systems. Under this policy, the CAISS is responsible for private operators to be provided with authorisation to operate the...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... as the primary definition of space, over 90 percent of space revenue actually comes from satellite systems and services. Furthermore, the use of satellite data is driving the development of whole new industries. Revolutions We need more David...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... site precisely and immediately. We can already do a great deal with satellite systems. However, technical advances in communications systems, next generation satellite navigation with centimetre accuracy, and ever more sophisticated and accessible...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...- and night-time hours, as well as under cloudy conditions. The follow-on EUMETSAT Polar System is now under way to replace the current satellite system in the 2020 timeframe and to contribute to the IJPS. Started in 2005 under the name...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... in the vicinity of the GEO belt and mitigation of its impact on commercial satellites” (Address to the 30th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), Ottawa, Canada, 24-17 September 2012). 4 EA Taylor, Orbit Theory and...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... dual use implications complicate the international cooperation and regulatory aspects of this vital capability. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are a more recent technology but have quickly become a vital utility for our interconnected...
