April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...is OneWeb, a company that has contracted with Arianespace to launch a mega-constellation of almost 700 small satellites. The bulk of these satellites are planned to launch as rideshare on the large and well-established Soyuz launch vehicle, for which...
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...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... data links more difficult, whilst ensuring that specific telecommands and other inside information about the satellite bus (the infrastructure of the spacecraft) is obscured. Big picture The space community collectively requires a fundamental change...
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...
