August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
...been a large wave of development using CNNs to detect and identify a vast number of object classes just using Earth observation (EO) images or videos. These complex and expert neural network architectures are trained on large volumes of data to solve...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
.... Global and regional events can be monitored using low or medium resolution satellites such as the GOES geostationary Earth observation satellites and polar-orbiting satellites such as Landsat and SPOT. Data from polar-orbiting satellites with...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... When we talk about the value chain, we are referring to opportunities in high visibility activities like launch and Earth observation as well as relative newcomers such as satellite servicing; space debris indexing, and clean-up; downlink and ground...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... Likewise, India’s space programme, as inspired by Vikram Sarabhai, was devoted to economic and social purposes such as Earth observation, weather warning and communications. Over time, India broadened its capacity into missions to the Moon (2007...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
... forces, mission controllers and emergency management centres. In addition, topographic maps, high resolution orthographic photos and earth observation data can also be accessed to help the teams on the ground. The current project, which is supported...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... deliver the most benefits, employment, and economic savings. This included position, navigation and timing, Earth observation and satellite communications. However, the policy proved insufficient as it did not reflect current technological advances...
