26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... with ground crew, reports confirm that the $53 million GOLD instrument is on course to reach its high perch in geostationary orbit using electric propulsion. The manoeuvre will take about four and a half months, after which GOLD...
28 January 2016
Historic Intelsat Satellite Launch Successful
...We are at the beginning of a renaissance in satellite communications.” Intelsat 29e will operate from 310 degrees east in geostationary orbit, covering the continental United States, Latin America and a special focus on the North Atlantic sea and ...
12 March 2018
Satellite-servicing space drones set for launch in 2020
...deep space exploration and space manufacturing logistics. “Launching our first two SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft into a geostationary orbit is part of our strong commitment to our first customer, meeting mission timeline and ensuring smooth transition into...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... towards launching relatively large satellites to geostationary orbit. Meanwhile, Eurockot and Kosmotras specialized in launching light, low-orbit apparatuses on this market. As already mentioned, ULA and Orbital Sciences Corp (commonly known as just...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... impossible. This could be the case not only for LEO, but also for medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO). So, it is absolutely imperative that we tackle the issue of congestion and debris in space before LEO constellations...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
...km above the planet). But that’s where it stopped. As of today, no one has found a way to make space beyond geostationary orbit ‘pay’. In a bid to remove this logjam by kick-starting commercial initiatives intended to carry our economic activity even...
