January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... ludicrous. SpaceX’s attempts to find new sources of revenue also appear to be proving deeply problematic because the broadband satellite constellation business now seems to be in even more dire straits than the launch business. Need for BFR? Rumours...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... by the launch of very large commercial satellite constellations, and it shows no sign of slowing down. Just one such constellation, Starlink, will have more satellites when it is completed than all the satellites that were launched by all nations...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
.... For its part, Arianespace had to develop launch solutions capable of addressing the growing demand of satellite constellation programmes for telecommunications. In order to meet this demand and to maintain its privileged relationship with space...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... the creation and operation of public-private partnerships for its more ambitious projects, like the deployment of satellite constellations for Earth observation to service the needs of the Mexican population and the operation of a spaceport for the...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... AISSat-1 and -2 and NorSat-1 and -2 on 22 July 2017 at 11:24 UTC. New sensors on NorSat-3 and -4 The Norwegian AIS satellite constellation has proven its utility for maritime surveillance and operations, particularly in the Arctic The Norwegian AIS...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... by public systems such as GNSS and Earth observation satellites, often combined via novel and creative algorithms to serve a specific (niche) market; the development of satellite constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) based on smallsats, replacing...
