November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
...and high definition (HD) video capability at VHR (1 m or better) spatial resolution. Planet already has a number of its SkySat satellites in space, providing black and white (panchromatic channel) video capability with VHR. However, colour images and...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... stages). It is not just spacecraft operators and manufacturers that have an interest in launch vehicles that deliver their satellites safely and correctly; financiers usually make insurance a prerequisite for their financing deals. While the planned...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
...data, but they wouldn’t be able to offload it all in this narrow window. To make the most of Earth observation satellites, there needs to be a high-speed data connection in space. Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs the NanoRacks Cubesat...
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...
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...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...brightness signatures down to 18th magnitude. The US space surveillance network, the largest in the world, routinely ‘loses’ satellites all of the time, as the figure on page 63 illustrates. ASATs Although it would seem advisable to limit the ability...
