12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... of Bavaria, will test the ability to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... scientists now know why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites sometimes black out when they fly over the equator ...positioning system so that operators keep them in the correct orbits. Not only that but the GPS also pinpoints where the...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
... into space by U.S based International Launch Services (ILS), but once there, the drone needs to reach a geostationary orbit in order to service ageing satellites. To do this, the SPACE DRONE will employ four of ArianeGroup’s Arclight Radio Frequency...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... of rubbish and waste that will be produced. NASA’s Orbital Syngas/Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) is one project offering ...Meierand Jamie Toro assemble the flight hardware for the Orbital Syngas/Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) in the ...
05 April 2017
The final journey for EUMETSAT’s oldest operational meteorological satellite
...will undergo a series of “burn manoeuvres" every half an orbit, to increase its altitude in stages as it is pushed out...It is estimated that the number of satellites in the graveyard orbit is possibly already in the hundreds and this will only increase...
11 August 2017
Satellite launch demand to grow tenfold in next 20 years
... launched to mid altitudes will push satellite operators to higher orbits. The only thing slowing down progress at the moment ...initial deployment cost against the life of the satellite in orbit. Stuart McIntyre, chief executive officer, OAL said: "...
