20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... to other customers after demonstrating the production capabilities in Florida. “There will be a lot of new elements brought into satellite manufacturing that only this facility will have in the world, and that will allow us to be very cost-effective...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
.... This in itself will be challenging given that commercial communication satellites are currently not built with servicing in mind. Cost-conscious satellite manufacturers with mature satellite designs are naturally reluctant to add features that they...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... system as a whole remained intact. We would never have been able to mature the technology, grow our expertise in satellite manufacturing and operations, and expand our operational on-orbit fleet so quickly and effectively if we had simply manifested...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
..., and the next assessment will take into account counter-factual data, including how launching closer to UK satellite manufactures will potentially save on overall emissions by them not having to ship overseas. In addition, the Spaceport Cornwall...
October 2020
Open Source Space
... their own spacecraft. This allowed independence from the programmes of the dominant national agencies and large satellite manufacturers and led to the smallsat revolution. Meanwhile, in the software industry, the open source movement was beginning...
November 2018
Pole star rising
... companies participate from data processing only to include projects for the upstream sector, i.e. to increase participation in satellite manufacturing. Needless to say, such steps have already been taken by Polish companies without waiting for the...
