February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...to take the greatest share. Microsatellites (10-200 kg), however, are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations. DIWATA-1 satellite is deployed from outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the ISS. Intended to observe Earth and...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...Smallsats are also set to transform the communications sector, with companies such as OneWeb and SpaceX proposing constellations of hundreds to thousands of smallsats placed in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide near-real-time broadband internet across...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... countries. Currently, there are plans to design and construct the next generation of AztechSats—now in the form of a constellation—following the same model of cooperation with NASA and involving Mexican universities. Dr Francisco Javier Mendieta Jim...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
... groups of spacecraft planned to become part of a commercial constellation might be insured for launch, their in-orbit lifetimes might ... are in GEO. Low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation operators sometimes insure the launches of their spacecraft, ...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... - and large numbers of spacecraft are launched each year to serve these needs, often in the form of constellations or mega constellations. Even though the size of satellites has decreased over the decades, their number has significantly increased...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... of Earth observation (EO) programmes what have been the key changes and developments? In 2016 the first satellite constellations were starting and new companies, particularly in Silicon Valley, were beginning to emerge into the EO domain. I decided...
