October 2015
Finding Earth-like worlds: the tale of how Kepler-452b was discovered
... was reviewing the results of a test run of new analysis software and it had identified a planet that was 1.1 Earth radii, ... features coming out. We have 7 scientific programmers, 5 software engineers, 4 operators, and all of the development staff ...
October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
...AWS Outposts, within the ground station, a computing environment consistent with cloud technology can be made available to software developers. The recent partnership between AWS and Lockheed Martin highlights the value in an intersection between the...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
...eventually pave the way to achieve this goal. Interestingly, software is considered as not “subject to patenting”, as it... recent years there has been a trend towards so-called ‘software patents’, which are patents that protect pieces of hardware that...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... in Maryland, USA, where students can work with Space Telescope Science Institute researchers on data interpretation, software development and scientific writing. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) have branches around...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
...stations often include custom-integrated hardware components (e.g. radios, positioners, etc) and require their own bespoke software interfaces for access and control. These non-standard configurations and interfaces create communication complications...
November 2020
Space medicine and terrestrial health care
...life. Andrei Borisenko, pilot-cosmonaut, fitted with Pneumocard - the Ecosan onboard prototype. Cardioson hardware and software complex. Maksim Suraev, pilot-cosmonaut, fitted with Sonocard-Cardioson onboard in-pocket prototype. Oxygen-helium therapy...
