November 2018
Pole star rising
... (mass of 10-150 kg). The PSS assumes also that satellite data will be acquired both from the European space infrastructure (e.g. Galileo and Copernicus) and from national resources. One such resource should be a national Earth observation system...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... has responsibility for developing the workforce that will design, construct and operate Mexican space infrastructure according to the Mexican Space Agency’s vision. Mr Duarte has a long career in top management and engineering positions in both the...
08 January 2023
Spaceflight
... the gamut of spaceflight - from “dreams and military imperatives” and the “Cold War space race”, via science, exploration and the space infrastructure, to “Astroculture” and human spaceflight - in six pithy chapters. The account is predominantly...
17 September 2019
Open Cosmos announces development of ‘MANTIS’ satellite
... to the constellation. This will enable organisations of all sizes and sectors to not only leverage their own space infrastructure (developed and managed by Open Cosmos) but also benefit from additional datasets and services from satellites...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... includes monies for the completion of SPIDER, a SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot (SPIDER) that the robotic satellite servicing... was requested – for the establishment of the US’s new Space Force. This soon-to-be sixth military service can now be ...
24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
... these objects have tremendous relative velocities, faster than a bullet, and can damage or destroy functioning space infrastructure, like economically vital telecom, weather, navigation, broadcast and climate-monitoring satellites,” said Holger Krag...
