April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...of eight CubeSats at 450-550 km in LEO. Each spacecraft collects space weather data cross-linked to each other via UHF band at a rate...and Frequency Past Practice and Current Trends; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, June 2014. 7 Zanette, Luca; Reyneri...
02 April 2025
Bold ideas and big questions in our Spring 2025 issue
... include: Making Babies in Microgravity – Investigating the science and societal implications of human procreation in space Space Weather & Infrastructure Risk – Understanding the threat of solar storms to global communications and power grids The...
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...
