June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
... always to develop a sub-1000 kilo platform. This work led to winning a role in building Galileo, the European GPS system. The Eutelsat Quantum geostationary spacecraft. At the conclusion of the work on Galileo, we came back to developing the...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
..., such as the development of sophisticated yet reliable communications networks, meteorological satellites and navigational aids such as GPS. The extension of this is that space exploration will continue to bring benefits to humanity, possibly in the...
June 2015
Preventing pilot spatial disorientation
... display for $100 with off the shelf parts, over one weekend. Just like the portable GPS units you see in older General Aviation aircraft, I am building a secondary display “for informational purposes and planning...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... spacecraft: the services enabled by the use of the spacecraft (the user applications; the disaster monitoring; the GPS/GNSS services, etc.) 7 Reference to the presence of ESA Incubators elsewhere in Europe - http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... the dangers of asteroid and comet strikes and each year the level of threat increases. Monitoring via GPS satellites have shown that such strikes are four times more common than previously thought. We know...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
Compared to routine operations in low Earth orbit, the allure of interplanetary exploration is almost irresistible. Ultimately, space stations like the ISS are an essential building block and training ground for future interplanetary exploration. ...
