October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...case estimate of eight percent shown for EOR-1 during the post-storm environment is a significant level of degradation The gradual degradation of solar cells in the space environment is a well-known phenomenon and is factored into the design lifetime...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... in sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), according to state media used for “detecting the atmospheric and marine environment and space environment, as well as disaster control and other scientific experiments”. The Yunhai series is assessed to have military...
November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
... technologies on optical systems design and innovative construction techniques, using materials carefully selected for use in the space environment, and based on state-of-the-art signal and image processing tools to improve the image quality, with...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
..., or more precisely the overcrowding of the near-Earth environment. With the rapid development of space activities in an increasing number of countries and regions, some near- Earth space environments are becoming crowded, with many operational and...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
...-breakers when it comes to the longest period an organism has survived in space. They not only live on orbital stations but they develop, adapt to the space environment and are able to reproduce. The longer spacecraft operate the more...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... would indicate multiple pathologies but astronauts experience no such problems; the data are normal in an outer space environment and are in accordance with a process of adaptation to zero-g. Karen Nyberg conducts an ocular health exam on herself...
