October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... operators are looking to more fully utilise their existing capacity. Platforms must now be dynamic, embrace open standards and support software defined satellites, multi-orbit and terrestrial networks. Software-defined satellite. Artist’s impression...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... Space Traffic Management, especially in airspace because of possible conflict. ICAO, on the other hand, has made enforceable standards and, since it was formed in 1944, has seen a tremendous growth in civil aviation that is totally regulated and...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
...vehicles are unmanned and uninsured, drifting around crossing lanes unpredictably, with no police, vehicle licensing or manufacturing standards? Not me. And not many people or companies. Especially companies who have invested vast amounts of time and...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
...SC has become necessary. The only remaining issue is choosing the typical module size – from a device placed in a standard case, to a block containing a self-sufficient system set that is an independent SC, meant to be combined with other such blocks...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... Committee (IADC) – a long-standing and influential group of space agency representatives that discuss policies and standards for debris removal. Though it is limited to representatives from government space agencies, Astroscale was invited to speak...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... interfaces for access and control. These non-standard configurations and interfaces create communication complications, as ...Once progress is made with the development and adoption of standards, another key benefit will emerge in the greater use...
