October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
Since the dawn of the Space Age, satellite communications ground systems have changed very little, but the ‘ground segment’ is ...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... Kennedy’s challenge to land men on the Moon by the end of the 1960s became a reality and we seemed to be at the dawn of a true Space Age, when humans would routinely live and work on the high frontier. An infrastructure of scientific...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... - to our view of the night sky. Artificial satellites have been a part of the night sky since the dawn of the Space Age in 1957, and a good number of spacecraft can be observed with the naked eye on any...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... Agency: when was it formed and what is its main mission? The space sector in Portugal dates to the dawn of the Space Age with the supply of cork insulating material to many early US missions such as the Mercury...
01 November 2015
The business of stargazing: from observatory tours to ‘Discovery at Sea’
Human beings have been captivated by the night sky from the dawn of time. For some of us – this captivation presents a good business opportunity. Princess Cruises and the Discovery Channel, ...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
...search for the origin of volatiles in the Solar System, the Dawn mission arrived at Ceres in March 2015 and has been pursuing ...in the structure of silicates) is not known yet but the Dawn mission will address this question. In a December 2015 issue of...
