October 2025
Software defined satellites and the ground segment
... data transfer, network redundancy and better resource management across satellite systems. Network orchestration The shift to software-defined satellites also changes the way satellites are managed. Where once, operators simply pointed an antenna...
01 September 2016
New software uses satellite data to monitor wildlife habitats by airports
... England and North America are planning to begin using the software at a later date. The program allows users to easily... that are attractive to wildlife, especially birds. The software uses satellite picture updates to track changes in water levels...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
...year lag is observed between the radiation-hardened processors and the commercial devices available in retail stores. [1] Software and hardware often go hand in hand. The limitation of the hardware resources together with requirements driven by the...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
... John Conafay is a US Air Force veteran and the CEO and co-founder of Integrate, which builds programme management software with a systems engineering approach for the world’s most ambitious machines. Previously, he was an early employee at three...
10 February 2020
Two critical software defects plagued Starliner test flight
...out to determine what went wrong has found, “two critical software defects” that were not detected ahead of flight despite multiple... the statement by NASA. In addition to the two software issues, a poor communications link which impeded the Flight ...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
... the Pentagon wanting help for its satellites to talk to one another”. If satellite designs were developed with a software-first approach, where they were autonomous, reconfigurable and interconnected, we would greatly minimise the cost of ground...
