October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... such as remote sensing to access high-resolution satellite imagery. That was critical in enabling stakeholders’ use of satellite technologies for more effective mapping, to overcome the outdated colonial maps, during the Ebola outbreak. For example...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... Though many people outside the industry may not realise it, the UK is in the premier league of world space technology, from instrumentation, data science and satellite operations to satellite manufacture. Government decisions over the past two...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... laser communication payload developed by the Dutch research institute (TNO) and the Delft based company Hyperion Technologies, a next generation miniaturised AIS receiver with a CubeSat form factor from Kongsberg Seatex, an improved VDES system...
10 June 2020
Space technology transfer in a post Covid-19 era
...the end of the article there is a link to a short survey to allow us to gather further intelligence and better understand technology transfer activity in the space industry. Findings from this survey will provide a snapshot of the current environment...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
...on a very rapid exit from the Solar System Once the technology is sufficiently proven, there are several future missions possible - ... is nonetheless physically possible. Solar sails are a technology whose time has come. NASA, private space groups and ...
June 2017
European space business incubators and accelerators
...young businesses fuels the growing appetite for space technology investment from business angels and venture capital funds.... effort for investors by creating a pipeline of vetted technologies for the market. Likewise, larger corporates have a growing...
