October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... of many satellite capabilities creates complex export control and technology transfer considerations. Engineering tomorrow’s space infrastructure The future of satellite systems lies in hybrid architectures that combine different orbital regimes...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
.... This demand will manifest the meme of new concepts based on strong tethers, including space elevators, as enabling engineering cornerstones of space infrastructure. Galactic Harbour concept with more than one elevator and commercial use of the far...
14 January 2016
Job Opportunities at ESTEC
... or user applications; Design, definition and follow up of R&D contract related to the procurement of GNSS future ground/space infrastructure receiver and user technology; Support implementation, maintenance and operation of complex Radio Navigation...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... form of reliable and international authority that would guarantee the responsible on-going operation of such a key international space infrastructure. The design of the ISS was far from easy. There were at least a dozen different concepts and...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... that international cooperation and emphasis on transparency and interoperability of all space infrastructure are not only beneficial to safer, more efficient exploration of space, but that a lack of cooperation is in fact in contradiction with the...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... support the Net Zero transition and will accelerate the cislunar economy, including the rollout of other in-space infrastructure and services. SBSP will unlock a marketplace for a whole host of new services, providing the cornerstone for...
