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 ...
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...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... the economy. So which services have become parts of national infrastructure? The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is an obvious example. Satellite networks provide the ability to allow instant credit card authorisation and automated banking...
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...
