October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... hues: OLCI, the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument. Ocean colour Earth observations are now an important source of information for coastal management, policy making and Earth system science. In Europe, the requirements for the monitoring of coastal...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...massive reduction in cost while the need is increasing for applications such as communications, remote sensing (Earth observation and meteorology), navigation and the next generation of entertainment technologies like virtual reality (VR). Industries...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... the world to be part of the solution. A September 2019 manoeuvre of the European Space Agency (ESA) Aeolus Earth observation satellite to avoid a potential collision with a satellite in the SpaceX Starlink constellation thrust once obscure matters...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... of the problem. This is in every area - from Earth observation and weather management right the way through to taking industrial activities...are often higher in quality than those grown on Earth and present opportunities for the development of new ...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... integration into global value chains and provide advantages for development of positioning services and technology, Earth observation calibration, validation and data analytics, and space situational awareness activities. The licensing process will...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... cover all of Norway’s national user needs. On this basis, and with experience from international science and Earth observation satellite cooperation missions and scientific sounding rockets, the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) and the Norwegian...
