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Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy Masami Onoda • Oran R
Masami Onoda Oran R. Young Editors Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy Masami Onoda • Oran R. Young Editors Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy Editors Masami Onoda Oran R. Young Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Bren School of Environmental Science and Tokyo Management Japan University of California Santa Barbara, CA USA ISBN 978-981-10-3712-2 ISBN 978-981-10-3713-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3713-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017936897 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. This book is an open access publication Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adap- tation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publi- cation does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. -
University Celebrates First 50 Years in Guildford
Autumn 2016 News from The University of Surrey for Guildford residents SURREY.AC.UK UNIVERSITYOFSURREY UNIOFSURREY Satellite Success Helping man’s best friend Meet our trainee midwife Our golden anniversary Business p15 Research p11 Healthy living p13 50 years in Guildford p8 New Vice- Chancellor joins Surrey World-renowned academic and engineer, Professor G Q Max Lu, has taken up post as the fifth President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Surrey. The new Vice-Chancellor plans to build upon the University’s strengths in research and learning to support the next phase of growth and vision of Surrey as a leading international university. Professor Lu commented: “I am honoured to have the opportunity to lead such an Students on campus exceptional organisation. The momentum 1. 2016 2. 1960s behind Surrey is palpable, so I am looking 1. 2. forward to working with staff and students to grow the University’s reputation as a truly international institution. University celebrates first “Although the University of Surrey has earned its place as one of the top higher education establishments in the UK, there 50 years in Guildford is huge scope to develop our reputation on a global scale.” The University of Surrey is celebrating 50 years since it set up home on Stag Hill, Guildford. Professor Lu joins Surrey after more than 20 years in senior roles at the University of The last five decades have seen Outstanding research achievements Queensland, where he most recently held the University and its associated over the years have led to three the position of Provost and Senior Vice- institutions award more than 100,000 prestigious Queen’s Anniversary President. -
Worldwide Satellite Magazine January 2010 Satmagazine
Worldwide Satellite Magazine January 2010 SatMagazine In This Issue... Small Satellites — Small Package, Huge Potential Executive Interviews Sir Martin Sweeting, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. David McCourt, Satellite Holdings, LLC Forrester, Gottlieb, NSR, Radford Insights, Focus, Case Studies and more.... EDITORIAL + PRODUCTION Silvano Payne SatMagazine January 2010 Publisher + Writer — BEAM — Small Satellites Hartley Lesser The Editors............................................................................. Editorial Director 4 Pattie Lesser — BEAM — The SmallSat Market Editor By Phil Davies, SSTL. .............................................................14 Chris Forrester — NewsBEAMS — Associate Editor The Editors...........................................................................17 Michael Fleck Contributing Editor—Europe InSight — European Pay Radio Begins To Motor! Susan Sheppard by Chris Forrester ................................................................32 Contributing Editor—Asia Executive Spotlight Richard Dutchik Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, SSTL ......................................37 Contributing Editor InSight — The New Challenge At Sea Alan Gottlieb by Alan Gottlieb, Gottlieb International ......................................43 Contributing Editor Dan Makinster InSight — NSR Contributing Writer North America, The Waning Star...........................................48 Tony Radford InSight — Chronicles Of SATCOM Contributing Writer The Performance Appraisal by Tony Radford .......................52 -
Surviving the Century Hopes and Threats from New Technology
FRONTIER SCIENCE AND SWEETING TECHNOLOGY ADAMS Surviving the century Hopes and threats from new technology Our Earth is 45 million centuries old. But this century is the first when one species – ours – can determine the fate of the Professor Lord Earth’s biosphere. The future of our planet is in our hands. Martin Rees Martin Rees is a cosmologist and space scientist. He is space research, arms control and international based in Cambridge, where he has been Director of collaboration in science. He lectures, writes and the Institute of Astronomy, a Research Professor, and broadcasts widely. Master of Trinity College. He was also President of Ever since his book Our Final Century? was published, the Royal Society during 2005-2010. In 2005 he was he has been concerned with the threats stemming appointed to the House of Lords. from humanity’s ever-heavier ‘footprint’ on the global He has received many international awards for his environment, and with the runaway consequences of research, and belongs to numerous foreign academies ever more powerful technologies. These concerns led including the US National Academy of Sciences, the him to join with colleagues in setting up a Centre for Russian Academy and the Pontifical Academy. He has the Study of Existential Risks (CSER). This is based in served on many bodies connected with education, Cambridge but has a strong international advisory board. For more information, please visit: surrey.ac.uk/adams-sweeting-lecture-series The Adams-Sweeting FST Lecture series sees experts, innovators and scientists deliver fascinating talks on pioneering developments in their areas of expertise. -
Of 5 Professor Sir Martin Sweeting Awarded Honorary Fellowship By
Press Release 10 December 2015 Professor Sir Martin Sweeting awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey, has been admitted to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). Sir Martin Sweeting’s award of Honorary Fellowship was made in recognition of his leadership and exceptional contribution in pioneering the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technologies in space and in particular the use of small, low-cost satellites for practical applications, as well as new forms of international collaboration in space that recognise the inherently global nature of satellites. Sir Martin received his certificate of Fellowship at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s annual Wilbur and Orville Wright lecture, held on the 9th December at the Society’s headquarters in London. Sir Martin commented “Over a span of many years, I have both attended and delivered many lectures at the Society, and these have proved to be invaluable opportunities to exchange insights and nuggets of information with both Members and the general public. It is therefore a tremendous honour to be elected to Honorary Fellowship of the RAeS, an institution which I greatly admire for its dedication in promoting the aerospace industry all over the world, and for its commitment to sharing knowledge and ideas.” Martin Broadhurst OBE FRAeS, President of the RAeS, said: “For over a century, the Royal Aeronautical Society has been honouring outstanding achievement, innovation and excellence in aerospace and the admittance of Sir Martin Sweeting to the Society as an Honorary Fellow is no exception.