June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
...set-up phase, suitably experienced engineers will train the predictive ML software with as many fault sequence scenarios as possible. Then, a...As more actual faults are introduced, the ML software will become increasingly able to determine not just the...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... with image-quality metrics and the ability to acquire and deliver the required imagery in a timely manner. Software defined satellites (SDS) such as Lockheed Martin’s SmartSat are marketed as being ‘fully reconfigurable’. These satellites typically...
09 January 2019
New self-driving rovers being tested for Mars
...’ approach so that sensors can be installed and removed easily according to the mission requirements at hand. The new software systems were developed by companies and universities from around the UK including, Thales Alenia Space, Scisys, King...
March 2015
Ka-band satellite communication and lowering the price of VSATs
.... This could be achieved by moving from the sales model (selling the software as part of NMS to broadband internet service providers) to the ‘software as service’ model (charging based on traffic used by customers). The latter model combines the...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... of the cheapest possible radio stations, working in amateur frequencies and based on open hardware and open software is best suited. Software-defined radio technologies (SDR) can be used for high-frequency sections and 3D-printing – for antenna...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... Received data must be processed. Hence the development of software aimed at high-speed (including on-board) processing of large... will cause a quantum leap, when the development of software services will become a priority for retaining a company’s ...
