April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... Several information technology and electronics companies have announced plans to provide such service via large constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) by 2018-2020. The proposed concepts foresee spanning a global, leak-proof network of inter-linked...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... in spaceflight from earlier decades. EAC is now also focused on future exploration beyond the ISS and low Earth orbit (LEO) operations, and is actively developing collaborative programmes related to deep space exploration missions. EAC is Neutral...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
... missile test and successfully obliterated a low earth orbit satellite in space. Codenamed “Mission Shakti...to the decreased distance it produced minimal debris that decayed out of orbit within a year. The target destroyed in India’s Mission Shakti was...
20 June 2023
Orbex teams with Arianespace
... collaboration would be particularly beneficial for customers planning small satellite constellations, providing a flexible solution for low Earth orbit (LEO) payloads. Light and heavy-lift launch vehicles could jointly support customers in deploying...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... is limited by very high cost and extreme risk. Experience in low Earth orbit (LEO) and on a handful of manned flights to the Moon... healthy. To support one astronaut for one year in Earth orbit requires around 8000 kg of supplies, excluding fuel. With...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... policies. In this article, the authors suggest inter- and intra-swarm communication architecture based on a CubeSat swarm low-Earth orbit (LEO) mission with four main types of data link. Increasing demand for small satellite constellations requires...
