Blog Archives - Starion, System engineering for space, defence & critical infrastructures

Artist's impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft at Mercury. Image credit - spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA/JPL

5 February 2026

4 minutes

Meet the unsung heroes of space missions – Part 2: Supporting scientific payloads

How Starion's experts at ESA's ESAC in Spain help prepare and deliver commands to science instruments on board spacecraft

Four people sitting on a stage at the European Space Conference 2026 including Silvia de Castro Garcia from Starion

30 January 2026

5 minutes

Challenges and Opportunities at the 18th European Space Conference

Round up of key themes and takeaways on the current state of the sector and future opportunities and challenges from the 18th European Sp...

22 January 2026

7 minutes

SysML v2 Hackathon: the value of collaborative model extension development

Lessons learned from the SysML v2 Hackathon at the MBSE 2025 workshop in Lithuania in November 2025

People sitting at desks working on screens as part of space ground segment activity at Argotec

15 January 2026

5 minutes

Meet the unsung heroes of space missions – Part 1: Ground segment

Meet the unsung heroes of space missions supporting the ground segment operations of satellites and constellations in this extract from O...

Illustration of a digital twin Earth. Image copyright ESA

16 December 2025

6 minutes

Digital twins: Virtual platforms for real-world breakthroughs

In this extract from OpenSpace magazine, discover how digital twins are providing powerful tools for simulating, analysing and optimising...

4 December 2025

8 minutes

What’s new in SysML v2?

Implementing SysML v2 - how it differs from SysML v1, the main improvements and the key concepts needed when beginning to work with it.

Artist's impression of a Moon surface scenario with astronauts and lander. Image copyright ESA-ATG

30 October 2025

7 minutes

MBSE 2025 workshop: SysML v2, interoperability and collaboration

At the MBSE 2025 workshop in Lithuania on 5-7 November, SysML v2 will be a central theme. Starion's MBSE team will be there, leading some...

Artist's impression of the Smile mission studying Earth's magnetic field

27 October 2025

9 minutes

When the Space Weather Threat Becomes Reality

In this extract from OpenSpace magazine, we explore some of the space weather activities currently underway, from studying the Sun to mit...

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21 October 2025

7 minutes

The Evolution of the Spanish Space Sector

In this extract from OpenSpace magazine, Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido, Director of AEE, the Spanish Space Agency, describes plans for Spain’...

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13 October 2025

7 minutes

Civil Security from Space

In this extract from OpenSpace magazine, we look at how space technology and assets are helping support, mitigate and resolve civil secur...

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2 October 2025

8 minutes

SysML v2: the future of MBSE

In this first article in our new blog series, discover why SysML v2 has it been assigned so much importance and how is industry is planni...

Artist's impression of the European Space Agency's Ariel mission

10 September 2025

5 minutes

How CDP4-COMET serves as the mission parameter database for ESA’s Ariel

ESA’s Ludovic Puig describes how Starion’s CDP4-COMET platform is contributing to Ariel’s development by serving as the mission parameter...

30 June 2025

7 minutes

Celebrating International Asteroid Day 2025

To mark International Asteroid Day, we put the spotlight on our staff who work at ESA’s Near-Earth Orbit Coordination Centre (NEOCC)

21 May 2025

6 minutes

Inspiring future engineers through concurrent design and MBSE education

Sam Gerené outlines Starion's contributions to engineering education in MBSE and concurrent design

Artist's impression of an asteroid near Earth

14 May 2025

8 minutes

How experts discover if an asteroid poses a threat to Earth

Starion's Marco Micheli, Astronomer / NEO Observer, explains how asteroids are identified as a potential threat

6 May 2025

4 minutes

Demonstrating quantum-safe communications through the INT-UQKD project

Juan Jose Garrido, INT-UQKD Project Manager, outlines the status and future of the INT-UQKD project for quantum-safe communications.

3 April 2025

4 minutes

Starion’s SPOT Cruise supports BepiColombo and Juice instrument checkups

How Starion's SPOT Cruise supports in-flight instrument testing on ESA's BepiColombo and Juice spacecraft

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19 March 2025

7 minutes

Model-based system engineering – All you need to know about implementing and using MBSE

An overview of our System Engineering team’s advice and tips on implementing MBSE and maximising the benefits

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Meet the unsung heroes of space missions – Part 2: Supporting scientific payloads

Challenges and Opportunities at the 18th European Space Conference

SysML v2 Hackathon: the value of collaborative model extension development

Meet the unsung heroes of space missions – Part 1: Ground segment

Digital twins: Virtual platforms for real-world breakthroughs

What’s new in SysML v2?

MBSE 2025 workshop: SysML v2, interoperability and collaboration

When the Space Weather Threat Becomes Reality

The Evolution of the Spanish Space Sector

Civil Security from Space

SysML v2: the future of MBSE

How CDP4-COMET serves as the mission parameter database for ESA’s Ariel

Celebrating International Asteroid Day 2025

Inspiring future engineers through concurrent design and MBSE education

How experts discover if an asteroid poses a threat to Earth

Demonstrating quantum-safe communications through the INT-UQKD project

Starion’s SPOT Cruise supports BepiColombo and Juice instrument checkups

Model-based system engineering – All you need to know about implementing and using MBSE