01 June 2021
Space junk collision highlights need for intervention
..., spent rocket parts and other wayward objects, a problem is magnified by society's dependence on satellite systems for telecommunications, GPS and other everyday services. It is estimated that there are around 34,000 trackable objects - ...
26 February 2026
Europe risks widening space gap despite investment rebound
... orbit and medium Earth orbit used for Earth observation, intelligence and secure communications. Manufacturing satellite systems is a particularly good niche for CEE startups, which already have established players such as NanoAvionics in Lithuania...
27 February 2019
Goonhilly partners with the Australian Space Agency to drive new opportunities worldwide
..., navigation and monitoring capability across Australia and to maximise the country’s resources by solving major satellite system and advanced communications challenges. Another is Goonhilly’s commitment to help develop Australian-based deep space...
03 June 2019
CEN and CENELEC to hold workshop on standards in space applications
... around strategic issues, such as the Space Strategy for Europe; the applications from the global navigation satellite system Galileo and EGNOS for road, rail, air and maritime transport; Copernicus for earth observation; the...
16 January 2020
World premier: first plant-powered IoT sensor sends signal to space
... option for powering sensors.” Lacuna, based in the UK and the Netherlands, is launching a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system that will provide a global Internet-of-Things service. The service allows collecting data from sensors even...
05 March 2020
50th Anniversary of Black Arrow's first successful rocket launch
... of space in the UK.” Richard Gardner, chairman of FAST, said: “This significant addition to our own display of space satellites, systems and innovations that all came from the former RAE at Farnborough, should attract much interest, especially ...
