May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... accessories around them can improve our resilience by giving us precise timing measurements using quantum clocks, predicting space weather events using magnetometers and giving us more up to date resource information under the earth using quantum...
18 October 2016
Australian Defence space capability gets a boost as it gets ready to launch its Buccaneer CubeSats
... Australia’s Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) from Low Earth Orbit. “Satellites and space debris move around erratically due to space weather and atmospheric drag, even at high altitudes. These movements are not well understood and...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... the NSF/DOE Large Synoptic Survey Telescope); enhancing prediction of and preparedness for space hazards, notably Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and space weather; and harnessing the small satellite revolution. At present, it is too early to tell what...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... which will measure radiation on the surface of the phantoms, and the expertise of NASA’s Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG), which monitors space weather to ensure astronaut safety on the ISS. Lockheed Martin personnel are also playing a central...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
...especially in the way we aggregate multiple sets of data. Transparent data is more actionable, whether it concerns space weather, radio frequency (RF) interference or collisions. It’s a common occurrence for operators to receive data or warnings that...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
... were thermal control, hydrogen production and storage, photovoltaics, energy storage, life support systems, robotics and space weather effects. Once a list of prospective technologies was formulated, each area was subsequently analysed against a set...
