November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
.... Operating with its own first-generation constellation of low-Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites, exactEarth can detect the signals ... remote Arctic region’s ice levels are at all-time lows, allowing for an increasing number of ships to transit through...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...: for example, in October 2020, LeoLabs monitored a very high-risk conjunction between two large, defunct objects in low Earth orbit (LEO), calculating the probability of collision to be between one and twenty percent. Visible near-field image...
May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
... services With the kinds of demand on the next generation of ground terminals to link mobile platforms with low Earth orbiting satellite constellations, it is little wonder that developers are turning to electronic means for producing and steering...
September 2024
Liberating access to space
... use the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft, a tried and tested system capable of launching payloads up to 1000 kg to a variety of low Earth orbit (LEO) inclinations, as an ‘air-launch’ platform. With more than 270 aircraft in service globally, the...
26 September 2018
A mini space elevator is being tested near the ISS
... day you could catch an elevator to a space station instead? Right now, somewhere in low-Earth orbit, an experiment to develop a "space elevator" that would one day connect Earth to a space station by specially-developed high strength cables has been...
19 November 2020
Agreement to accelerate commercial space growth
... "making space an accessible market to any industry or company" and are committed to achieving results from launch to low Earth orbit, with a further focus on lunar and deep space exploration. Technical skills, legislative knowledge, funding and time...
