January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... only a modest awareness of how dependent our global society has become on space navigation systems, space-based communications, remote sensing, meteorological services, and even national defence systems. But as much as space systems do for us, there...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... us to question ourselves about our own vision of humanity of the future At the very time when the scientific community was discovering the first utterances of what would later become the Big Bang theory and developing...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... environment and RF spectrum. The SDA was founded by commercial satellite operators for the benefit of the satellite community. Mark represents Inmarsat at the SDA and is currently its Chairman. He is responsible for the operation of Inmarsat’s fleet...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... ushered in a new Space Age and the concept has been pioneered by entrepreneurial spacecraft operators, looking to provide communications to end users at low cost. This new commercial space environment focuses on cost minimisation and fast production...
May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
.... It proved a watershed year for geostationary orbit (GEO), the orbit that hosts the majority of our commercial communications satellites. Mark Hempsell explains why he believes the sustainability of our geostationary assets is now at risk. The first...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... is arguable that such a choice amounts to tacit consent. Regarding space debris, there is a debate in the legal academic community as to whether it falls, or should fall, under the definition of ‘space object’ It has been said that consent is a well...
