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How do you provide ground station services to satellites?
An important part of the space economy is ground station services. The reason satellites go to space, after all, is often to collect data that…
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How do you build up a ground station services business?
Ground station services are critically important in space. Launch vehicles and satellites are all well and good, but their data must be downlinked to Earth.…
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How do geographic information systems depend on space?
One of the great benefits of engaging with space is understanding Earth better. Data collected from satellites inform our understanding about the relationship between humanity…
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How do you contribute to the Earth observation industry?
One of the most important benefits of engaging with space is learning about Earth. It was only by leaving the planet did we gain a…
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How does geospatial imagery inform strategic decision making?
Geospatial imagery provides valuable information about Earth’s surface which can provide useful insight. Two common platforms for sensors are satellites and aircraft, each of which…
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What is it like being an Earth observation analyst?
Earth observation is an area of the space sector with many applications. Access to regularly updated basic imagery is very useful – how many times…
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How big a deal is space junk and what should we do about it?
Every year, space junk seems to be attracting more attention. As the number of satellites orbiting Earth grows, the chances increase of some of them…
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How does the business of selling Earth observation data work?
There is an ever-increasing number of satellites in orbit around Earth. There are more firms every day that are using satellite-provided Earth observation imagery to…
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What role does New Zealand play in the global space sector?
Space business tends to be concentrated in a few key markets. But technological improvements are leading to geographic diversification. Other countries are starting to play…
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