September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
...delivery of services by satellite The regions left unconnected have significant challenges to address. They often combine remote locations with dispersed populations, alongside difficult terrain or hostile seasonal weather conditions. Moreover, often...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
..., building critical deep space infrastructure and enabling the capabilities to explore multiple destinations through a combination of commercial and international partnerships. Ongoing research on board the International Space Station (ISS) has...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... rely on a supply of power from the spacecraft bus. The ability of a servicing spacecraft to manoeuvre the combined satellite ‘stack’ depends on the combined mass of the new spacecraft and where the aggregate centre of mass is located. If the centre...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... expectations of technology and operating procedure standardisation combined with an openness in disclosing the full... is designing an even larger rocket – the Starship/BFR Booster combination. The rocket is designed to provide flights to the Moon and...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... and allows larger satellites to be constructed by combining multiple units together in a somewhat similar fashion to...role in driving the small satellite revolution ThrustMe has combined its thruster technology innovations with in-house expertise in ...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
... for sample return missions from these bodies. This strategy has led so far to the categorisation of certain combinations of mission types and solar system objects as described in detail in COSPAR’s Planetary Protection Policy document. This...
