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...
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...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... in Earth orbit, and an increasing number of private companies operate commercial satellite systems, either in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), where most telecommunications satellites are located, or in LEO, which are widely used for meteorology and...
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...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...four different regions simultaneously. Due to the dynamic nature of end-user data distribution requests, these satellite systems typically achieve utilisation rates of only 60 to 70 percent. An increase in the number of antennas, without changing any...
