18 January 2021
Virgin Orbit rocket reaches orbit for first time
...before yesterday. “A new gateway to space has just sprung open! That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team’s talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity. Even in the face of a global pandemic, we’ve maintained...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
.... The trapped particles that constitute the Van Allen belts (protons and electrons) pose a serious risk to orbiting satellites because of their effects on sensitive electronic components However, in the last four years, commercial satellite missions...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...to the adoption of removal actions will reduce the beneficial effect. It is also clear that preparing satellites for in-orbit servicing (IOS) before launch will reduce servicing costs, while standardisation and modularisation of satellite design will...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
...for launch over the next 10 years, this is a scenario that must be addressed now. ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit’s Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Space traffic To facilitate the safe operations of about 1.5 billion vehicles circulating here on Earth...
22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... acknowledged in their application, concerns raised by a number of parties regarding the problems vast quantities of satellites in a low-Earth orbit could cause. Some small satellite operators have in the past said it would make it more difficult for...
26 May 2020
Virgin Orbit's first orbital test flight fails due to anomaly
... though not as many as we would have liked,” said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. “Nevertheless, we took a big step forward ... other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind. Virgin Orbit’s decision to begin production of multiple rockets well in ...
