September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... on industry in terms of demand for products because the lifetime of a small satellite is shorter than the big ones. Of course, that does not mean the end of large satellites as they continue to have a market niche. Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... space applications. Furthermore, the constellations will make use of multiple orbit inclinations to gain global coverage. Small satellites in GEO with shorter lifetimes, coupled with new advances in Software Defined Radio (SDR), allow these...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
...time this year, the US military is deploying its first batch of small satellites for what could be a 1000-satellite mega-constellation in low Earth orbit. These satellites will carry different payloads and provide redundancy against cyber, electronic...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... infrastructure for the past couple of years. Its orbital transfer vehicles have streamlined the deployment of small satellite constellations, reducing the time required from launch to operations by up to 85 percent and the cost for deployment...
