02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... as a radio telescope for a novel Dutch/Chinese collaboration. Meaning "magpie bridge" in Chinese, Queqiao, the once communications relay satellite stationed on the far side of the Moon is now the Netherlands-China Low Frequency Explorer (NCLE...
02 February 2018
Joe Pelton honoured for contribution to space safety
... Dean of the International Space University (ISU) in Strasburg, France. He has worked at NASA, the Communications Satellite Corporation, served as Director of Strategy Planning for Intelsat, and headed the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... an active Danger Area (D201) operated and managed by Defence and Space Company QinetiQ. From fully functioning communications satellites to smal cubeSats, business will be able to launch their equipment more frequently in future Nearby MoD Aberporth...
09 May 2019
Seradata Space Conference to focus on managing space risk and insurance
... from the big four Space Insurance Brokers against four experienced space underwriters ∙ A session covering the Communications Satellite Market and Technology which will be led by Intelsat's Gregory Ewert and John Finney from Isotropic Systems...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
... are 91 spacecraft based on the 1300 currently on orbit for commercial operators – more than any other model of communications satellite. Maxar’s 1300-class spacecraft platform is also the basis for NASA’s Psyche mission, which will explore...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...resources to attain the collective goal of human advancement by planetary exploration makes eminent sense. India’s GSAT-12 communication satellite launched by ISRO in July 2011 A variety of technology and cost-sharing models could be worked upon. For...
