March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... business models are configured by the market, the consumer, and the type of services a company provides. Increasing small spacecraft capabilities creates many new options for their potential use. ERS is the main trend in microsatellite startups...
17 August 2018
First international guidelines for small satellites published
... field. This latest document, the ISO/TS 20991, Space systems – Requirements for small spacecraft, details the requirements for various stages of the small spacecraft system life-cycle is both essential for newcomers to the smallsat industry sector...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...deliver in the space science arena? The answer, as suggested by a recent National Academy of Sciences report is a qualified ‘yes’: small spacecraft such as cubesats can take on unique science missions but are not a substitute for the larger ‘flagship...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...earlier initiatives into space tourism, and in others they are specifically targeted at launching individual or small batches of small spacecraft. The Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... a star-tracker. XACT enables MarCO to point directly towards Earth with accuracies of one degree or less. These small spacecraft will rely on a pair of deployable carbon-fibre reinforced solar photo-voltaic panels developed by MMA technologies, that...
02 August 2017
First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests
... traditional chemical propulsion, so Busek have been busy miniaturising EP systems to fit the growing CubeSat and small spacecraft market. With over 25 years experience in the industry, Busek’s impressive portfolio of thruster products includes the...
