Glue Technologies for Space Systems: An Introduction to a New AESS Technical Panel

Abstract

This article aims at introducing to the readers of the AES Magazine the recently constituted technical panel: "Glue Technologies for Space Systems". A short overview of the technologies considered in the panel will be provided, along with panel vision and perspectives shared with the founder members. Some information about panel meetings and participation rules will conclude the article.

Foreword to the Special Section on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for a New Space Vision

“…1) seamless integration of space and terrestrial segment on an equal basis, where satellites and space nodes work in synergy with the wireless terrestrial infrastructures to provide global and ubiquitous coverage; 2) flexibility and reconfigurability of the space network that should become a "whole," characterized by adaptability to the context and the user needs (and, therefore, provided by intrinsic "intelligence" [3]); 3) sustainability: the space network of the future should rely on a responsible use of the payload resources by promoting a "green" approach based on the resource reusing and recycling.…”