December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... startups with various specialties have appeared, from component suppliers to small space vehicle manufacturers, from software providers to specialists in communications, ERS and navigation. These young companies follow Space 2.0 principles. They are...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
...-shelf technology, launch it, learn from its failure and improve the next one in the same way a software company would do with new releases. They have now been doing this for almost two years...
June 2015
The day Philae landed: how a rough touchdown still made history at the Rosetta Mission
..., therefore the resolution of the images did not allow for a direct identification of Philae. Several teams developed software algorithms that tried to detect Philae in the images but, to date, these have not been successful. …the...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... a fundamental level. In recent years the combination of in-situ missions, ground-based observations, meteorite analysis and software modelling has revealed the striking variety of asteroids in terms of size, shape and constituent materials. But what...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
...of Europe. Business growth for space companies inevitably translates to new technology development, whether it’s new hardware, software and applications, or services. For many space companies, there are many barriers to commercial success: Developing...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
... key principles for building such a service. The most important element of the service is the hardware and software suite (HSS) that combines a number of catastrophe scenario simulation programs for cases of asteroid or comet danger. A demo...
