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...
October 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...
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...
16 December 2020
Russian anti-satellite missile test troubles US Space Command
...orbit and ground-based capabilities that seek to exploit US reliance on space-based systems," stated US Army Gen. James Dickinson. "Russia's persistent testing of these systems demonstrates threats to US and allied space systems are rapidly advancing...
June 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... did not simply re-design what already existed. As cost becomes the greatest driver, some space-based systems are losing out to aero or land-based solutions. Google’s innovative Project Loon began with a pilot test in June 2013, when...
