January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
...A final example is D-Orbit, which is effectively a ‘space taxi’, a rocket inside a rocket that takes advantage of the low cost launch afforded by the likes of SpaceX and sells payload space to small satellite operators. One of the exceptional aspects...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
...to space becomes more democratised through low-cost launch, relaxation of restrictive laws and a...simple. New approach for new era Nowadays the democratisation of space launch requires organisations - from governments to commercial vendors - not merely...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... logic, a description of the new launcher itself, some historical background, and the environmental balance sheet of low-cost launch. The Bristol Spaceplanes’ Spacecab two-stage orbital spaceplane concept. Commercial markets The best way to greatly...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... most influence on this future from outside the cubesat/nanosat community are whether launch costs can be kept low (and in particular whether dedicated, low cost launch vehicles make it to market), and whether hitch-hiker ride-along opportunities can...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... package, transport it to the connector-equipped satellite, and plug it in. Robotic servicers could also help bring new, low-cost launch vehicles into space logistics systems. Most of the new rockets have payload capacities of only a few hundred...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... an iconic satellite of your choice - perhaps Britain’s Prospero, launched in 1971 and still in orbit. You could then compare its...now exist and, perhaps more importantly, small low-cost launch vehicles capable of placing them into suitable orbits...
