October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... the international ‘universal access’ principle, and thus it was opened for membership to any disaster management authority. Satellite technology, used under the Charter to mitigate disaster risks, hinges on efficient and rapid responsive support The...
October 2020
Open Source Space
... The first modern microsatellites, UoSAT-1 and UoSAT-2, were developed in the 1980s by an academic team led by small satellite pioneer Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, then a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Surrey, UK. This coincided with...
June 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... location, the time and permits. In three to five years, it is likely that the question of the market position of satellite navigation will be under scrutiny. Space 2.0: Private space research or attempt #2 In the 21st century new, small, private...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
..., disaster warning, coastal management, mapping and agriculture. Thanks to the space programme and its Indian National Satellite Programme (Insat) almost every house today, including those located in remote areas, has a TV. And of course, one...
