Author: Marisa Torrieri

While the world is slowly adapting to new norms with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, new global challenges are emerging, from warfare and economic sanctions to the acceleration of climate change....

Satellite data enables critical Earth intelligence, from showing the pace of deforestation over 10 years, or forecasting a potential disruption to the titanium supply chain. But given the mind boggling...

If you ask a dozen satellite industry veterans about the biggest development in space sustainability, chances are they’ll say “awareness.” Across the industry, we’re seeing deeper commitments to sustainability in...

Aeronautical engineer Austin Link entered his post-graduate career amid the initial SpaceX Falcon 9 launches, dreaming about a future on orbit where, as he puts it, “we could sail the...

In the wake of Brexit, OneWeb’s shakeup, and a pandemic that wreaked havoc on the economy, the United Kingdom is emerging as a space and satellite-industry powerhouse. Even Queen Elizabeth...

Carbon Mapper’s footage of bright red methane plumes scattered across a grayish-violet backdrop look like angry canker sores from a distance. But the aerial footage, taken from 10,000 feet above...

When Intelsat kicked off 2021 with an announcement that it had ordered two Airbus OneSat Geostationary (GEO) software-defined satellites to drive new applications, the service provider offered a new roadmap...

The 2019 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-19) left the satellite industry filled with concerns over an uncertain future, as the need for broadband internet grows and multiple competing industries and nations...

When Oliver Juckenhöfel began his career in the satellite industry in the mid-1990s, commercial and governmental organizations were heavily focused on launching satellites in the most efficient way possible. The...

With small satellites or cubesats, there’s a tendency — even among satellite industry veterans — to think about their activities in Low-Earth Orbits (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbits (MEO). But if...