October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...Earth in a coronal mass ejection, driving a shock wave. The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES),...1991, was observed following the arrival of a large interplanetary shock wave, and resulted in the formation of an entire new belt of...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... to go looking for lunar water ice when it bounced radio waves off the south pole’s Shackleton Crater, hinting at the presence.... Today, it is China that is currently leading this new wave of lunar exploration, racing from a first lunar orbiter to a...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
...Slacker Radio streaming app and was part of the second wave of internet radio, where you could actually create your...it’s going to look like and I wish I could be part of the next wave of music. Everyone loves music: it is basic to humanity and is one ...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... me. “If you take a rope and lay it on the ground and wave it back and forth from side to side, it moves just like it... creativity in the arts and Space Juggling is a part of that wave. In addition to its intrinsic value, the version of space juggling...
October 2023
Slovenia’s footprint in space
... opportunities for sustainable development across multiple industries. In the case of SkyLabs, one such technology is short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopy, which was applied to automated textile substrate identification and soil quality in smart...
October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
... higher data transmission rates and increased bandwidth. To put it simply, signals travelling at higher frequencies make more wave oscillations per second of time, so they can carry more data. This enables satellite operators to provide faster...
