April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... uses and it is hard to imagine living without the benefits that space systems offer. Space warfare strategist Paul Szymanski discusses the susceptibility of these space-based systems to attack in a ‘space war’, how we might avoid such a war and...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
... it possible to get real-time AIS within approximately 50 miles of the coastline. And third, in the open ocean, space-based systems are the only option for monitoring. All of the constellations on orbit and launching today have a latency...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... resulting geomagnetic storm would have been devastating to more than sea mines. We have an armada of ground-based and space-based systems monitoring the Sun and its atmosphere, but it is not clear that Earth and its technology-dependent...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... service with its own product processing and distribution model. In commercial project implementation, this ideology of space-based systems demonstrated an insufficient competitive edge when compared to alternative solutions. Consecutive bankruptcies...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...activities and lacks a strong enforcement power. The availability of more diversified weapons increases the vulnerability of space-based systems To better appreciate the situation, let’s look at some numbers: Twelve states have demonstrated their own...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... move from a terrestrial-based navigation system to a space-based system. This is important because a terrestrial-based navigation system cannot provide the best vertical and horizontal separations. A space-based navigation system can provide better...
