Imagery Unchained (Finally!)

Back in September 2013 I wrote an opinion about why the US government’s laws regarding imagery resolution were very onerous. The rules just didn’t make sense in a world of cheap picture drones. That opinion was based on a story about DigitalGlobe attempting to get imagery restrictions relaxed so they could compete better in the satellite […]

Ethiopian Telescopes Look to be Africa’s Space Center

Last week I wrote a post about Ethiopian jamming of Arabsat’s television broadcast signals. But now, according to this Inter Press Service (IPS) article, certain Ethiopian citizens have made a different step in space–the step towards becoming one of the hubs of space research in Africa. That goal, promoted and sponsored by the Ethiopian Space Science Society […]

Profits in Space

Do you know there are not many markets in the space business that are profitable? At least that’s the spin of this Space Daily article. It gives a few examples of areas in space business and operations that can continue to grow and/or have potential to grow. The area of space business which is growing like gangbusters, at […]

Czech Yourself in to GNSS University

Summer’s right around the corner, so universities are offering a few summer classes to those who are interested and can afford to be travel. One summer class, held at the Technical University in Ostrava, Czech Republic, lasts about ten days, starting 21 July 2014. The class is called the “ESA International Summer School on GNSS.” The […]

Leave Your Mark on Space

In an earlier post, “Flying In a Space Balloon,” I talked about World View Enterprises (not to be confused with DigitalGlobe’s WorldView satellites) and their “cheap” space seats: $75,000. It turns out World View would love to have someone create a design for them. One that a person would be proud to “display in a home.” To encourage […]