October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... - in low, medium and high-altitude orbits - featuring hundreds or even thousands of small satellites. These changes are allowing satellite to rival terrestrial technology. It’s finally moving into the mainstream, adapting and transforming itself...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
... to the idea that the spaceplane has been deploying small satellites during its latest mission. This has made some heads...Others have warned that “if the X-37B can be loaded with small satellites, it can also be loaded with weapons,” says Hong Kong...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... rocket and the Orbex start-up company will develop the small bio propane fuelled “Prime” launcher, built by Moog in the UK, for 150 kg sized small satellites . Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, the UK government is also providing £2.5 million...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... which are considerably cheaper to build and launch than conventional satellites. Creating a new and still expanding market for small satellites. ESA is involved in multiple projects related to cubesats. One of these is OPS-SAT, a cubesat mission...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... to move under their own power to other orbits and locations. You’ll therefore see satellite propulsion of small satellites, CubeSats and constellations become a really interesting area. Given that we need to avoid collisions in a better and...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...our understanding of any world we intend to visit is to return small samples to Earth. Having access to samples will allow scientists in...about small sample return from small lunar landers. One is the growth and maturation of the small satellite market...
