October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
...as only a company of their size can do - on the need for improved ground infrastructure and data services for satellite operators. They, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, announced a service aimed at combining the power of space communications and...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... of entrepreneurs have seen a massive opportunity in space and are competing head on with the manufacturers of the large satellites In parallel, a number of self-made billionaires are using their own wealth to focus explicitly on the space launch...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... would wish to preserve as important parts of our space heritage in some kind of space museum? Save our satellites Scientific satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have contributed enormously to our understanding of the universe and are...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
.... The IAU statement identifies this threat to radio astronomy from aggregate radio signals emitted from the satellite constellations, stating that “recent advances in radio astronomy, such as producing the first image of a black hole or understanding...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... dangers posed by the current preponderance of space debris have been well documented, while increasing the numbers of satellites serves only to increase the risk of a serious in-orbit collision. Current guidelines seek to prevent the creation of new...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
...– inspiration. These are not compelling arguments to put before rational government treasuries and so the wider benefits of satellites are then appropriated as part of the rationale – benefits that can no longer be traced (if they ever were) to human...
