... would wish to preserve as important parts of our space heritage in some kind of space museum? Save our satellites Scientific satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have contributed enormously to our understanding of the universe and are...
.... The IAU statement identifies this threat to radio astronomy from aggregate radio signals emitted from the satellite constellations, stating that “recent advances in radio astronomy, such as producing the first image of a black hole or understanding...
... dangers posed by the current preponderance of space debris have been well documented, while increasing the numbers of satellites serves only to increase the risk of a serious in-orbit collision. Current guidelines seek to prevent the creation of new...
...– inspiration. These are not compelling arguments to put before rational government treasuries and so the wider benefits of satellites are then appropriated as part of the rationale – benefits that can no longer be traced (if they ever were) to human...
...majority of the applications mentioned above, the value is not in the consumption of EO data. It is in the information leveraged from satellites and combined with other sources of data in order to create a data-driven product of value to the end user...
...brightness signatures down to 18th magnitude. The US space surveillance network, the largest in the world, routinely ‘loses’ satellites all of the time, as the figure on page 63 illustrates. ASATs Although it would seem advisable to limit the ability...