August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
...more rapid than traditional approaches. These newly scalable ground systems are also beginning to yield value from the ...they are set to benefit tremendously from commercially available systems and services in space. During development, particularly of...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... improvements. We began to worry about the rapidly approaching launch date: would the spacecraft be ready? Would our ground systems be robust enough? Would we be able to train our flight control team with a realistic and stable simulator? Rosetta...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
... in near-real time, i.e. within three hours of acquisition, thanks to the on-board X-Band Downlink Assembly and a ground system that includes two stations in Svalbard, Norway, and Inuvik, Canada. All data acquired in an orbit is transmitted to one...
17 February 2016
Gogo Inc. Fights to Keep American Airlines Contract
... are satisfied, including if a competitor offers connectivity services that materially improve on the Gogo early generation air to ground system that American has chosen to use on certain fleets, American can notify us. “If American gives the notice...
16 August 2017
DigitalGlobe signs DAP contract with Australian Department of Defence
... satellite imaging capabilities into its military operations, border protection and humanitarian missions.” The multi-satellite ground system for the Direct Access Program will be provided by MDA, DigitalGlobe's long-standing partner. The...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... (although not all) technological obstacles tend to disappear or to be of less crucial importance for the design of space and ground systems. Second, comparing support from the web industry in the 1990s with today gives a clear indication of the...
