April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...of the People’s Republic of China published a brief status report. Elements of the new heavy-lift Long March 10 rocket... of China’s lunar exploration programme, Chang’e-7 will include a special craft able to fly from the landing site to a nearby...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... may even be disrupted by newer technologies. Acknowledgements Special thanks to Fabienne Grazzini, Nathalie Pisot, Marie-Christine... 2016. 5 “2016: State of the Satellite Industry Report”, prepared by Bryce Space and Technology (formerly The Tauri...
May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
..., and we have now had 40 years’ worth of studies, reports, papers and conferences on the subject. In those 40 years, the... two perceptions is even remotely correct. Geostationary orbit has special issues such as the allocation of orbital slots, the ...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... was not communicating the drama of spaceflight – one journalist reported that, “NASA makes travelling to the Moon look as ..., Of a Fire on the Moon recounts how there was “something special” about Armstrong as a person. He stood out at any astronaut...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... Mexico). As if to emphasise the new bi-polar world, the United States applied strong pressure on Italy not to participate, reportedly leading to one of its proposals being taken off the table. Vladimir Soloviev at Energiya ROS briefing. Working...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
... economy could suffer losses of up to US$2.4 trillion over five years due to a major solar storm. Alongside the report it also hosted a major photographic exhibition to highlight the threat of solar storms. Lloyds, in collaboration with the Cambridge...
