Our ideas about trees and woods are infinite, almost as many as the beholders behind them. My childhood tree is a sprawling lemon tree to climb and play in, growing among carob trees, cypresses, pines, laurels, fig trees and oak…
We at GMV have been developing mission planning systems for nearly 25 years now. During this time the systems themselves have undergone a notable evolution, alongside with the parallel need of cutting ground-segment development costs. On ESA’s first earth-observation missions…
Let’s talk about GNC: Guidance, Navigation and Control. What is a GNC system? Which is its applicability spectrum within space missions? GNC means “Guidance”, “Navigation” and “Control”. The strict sequential order would be: 1) the Navigation (the part of the…
Satellite navigation systems can pinpoint a user by measuring the distance between this user and at least three known positions (of the constellation satellites). The distance to one of the satellites will define a sphere of possible solutions while the…
On the World Science Day for Peace and Development I’d like to share with you my modest experience doing industry-based science. At first sight it might seem odd that a profit-seeking company could be a source of science and a…