July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... handling overheads are the lowest, it is considered by the authors to be the cheapest propellant option and suitable for commercial applications. There are two more advantages of N2O applications for space propulsion. The first is in the possible...
23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
... 11 Moon landing, will help create the world’s first commercial deep-space communications station, capable of tracking future missions to.... “Upgrading Goonhilly and building up a commercial capability to support future exploration missions is good...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
...growth of the space sector. NewSpace is developing several markets which cannot be served by the traditional design-driven commercial sector Besides differences in starting points for 2016, the main differences of the extrapolations are linked mainly...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... and orbital control system on board the target spacecraft may no longer be able to provide attitude control. The commercial nature of new space operations will make it attractive in many cases to extend the life of an operational spacecraft rather...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... opportunities, the signing of the US-Brazil Technological Safeguards Agreement (TSA) in 2019 was a turning point for the commercial space sector in Brazil, allowing for the launch of rockets containing US technology from the Alcântara Launch...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
...different possibilities of doing business ‘up there’. That is where I feel the future lies. GUPTA You’re right. On the commercial side, one of the things we’ve been working on for a while now is international partnerships and relationships. There are...
