July 2019
A reluctant American hero
..., Washington DC on 20 July 2009. Practical legacy The Apollo programme was also, of course, hugely important in terms of its geo-political consequences. The ‘Space Race’ was effectively won with the US landing of the first humans on the...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... transported to Earth in the CME has a specific orientation. If the embedded CME field is opposite to Earth’s dipole, the geo-effects can be huge, especially for fast CMEs. The August 1972 event was ultra-fast, but...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
...-reaching impacts on other operators. It is important not only to gauge the potential impact on LEO, but also how GEO and MEO satellites might be affected. So how can we prevent large network disruptions? Much of it is down to legislation. Ultimately...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
.... Previous attempts to provide this service focused on larger, more powerful and more expensive satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), but they faced the issue of longer signal delays because of the greater distance compared with LEO...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... industry or the significant reputational damage caused to oil producers by the Brent Spar North Sea platform incident. GEO satellites lose the ability to keep their orbits even when they are otherwise operational - Astroscale’s LEXI...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... (IS-901) to initiate final docking of the two spacecraft. MEV-1 successfully returned IS-901 to service in its designated position in GEO on 2 April 2020. Left: One of the leading satellite insurers, Swiss Re, left the space insurance market last...
