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May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... sanctions and consequent devastating inflation, Iran is on the verge of an economic abyss. Space analyst Henk Smid describes how Iranian spaceflight is entangled with international policy towards Iran’s nuclear... a launch weight of about 27 tonnes; it is capable of placing 50 kg satellites into 300 km orbits. A second space launch vehicle developed by Iran is the Simorgh, a two-stage liquid propellant rocket for launching 250 kg satellites...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... orbital advertising displays - purely in order to be seen from Earth is not expressly prohibited under international space law. Where the law might be of assistance in regulating pollution is on a national level. Under ... also worth remembering that, while regulators will be mindful of the environmental impact of their nation’s space activity, there are also significant economic considerations at play. It is by no means certain that regulators...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
...like-minded nations are in desperate need of a long-term, thirty-year ‘strategy for space’ to take advantage of space’s transformative period as it evolves from a domain of primarily discovery and exploration to one largely...potential co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASATs), capable of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPOs) and space-to-space attack. China entered the counterspace competition in 2007, with its dramatic test of a direct-ascent...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
..., as yet it has failed to categorise law in such a way that gives countries affirmative duties to employ space technology to mitigate human suffering. The situation is likely to be exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change as it leads... School of Law, and his courses at the University of North Dakota include space law, history of the space age, space politics & policy, space & the environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...the concept of comfort and well-being, I considered it a great success. The acknowledgment of Space Design is largely due to the evolution of strategic programmes for interplanetary exploration in which humans will... New Orbital InfrastructureRecreational/Habitable Configuration designed by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro for Thales Alenia Space. About the author Annalisa Dominoni is an architect, designer and professor at Politecnico di ...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
...the constitutional anchoring of Asgardia’s primary mission - the birth of the first human child in space. The space nation is working towards an isolation experiment on the ground, simulating a year-long spaceflight ... A digital version of a second book entitled Asgardia’s Role in the SIRIUS-21 Experiment - Diary of a Space Researcher, was also published simultaneously in English and in Russian via Asgardia’s official website on 12 October 2022....
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... System (AIS) and Internet of Things (IoT) satellites. These include Commsat, Linksure, ADA Space, Space OK, Laserfleet, Changguang Satellite Co. Ltd., Zhuhai Orbita, ZeroG Lab and Head Aerospace. International market... and allied defence spending is expected to grow as a result of rising geopolitical tension and rivalry between space powers. The US Space Force budget grew nearly 40 percent to $24.5 billion in FY2023, while NATO recently set up a ...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
...Non-traditional actors are contributing to a rapidly growing sector encompassing everything from suborbital space tourism to commercial space stations and even lunar landers. Key to this is the increasing number of ... Every company developing new technologies to solve challenging problems is, or has the potential to be, a space company Space systems are machines that have to work in extreme environments, and in some cases accommodate humans, ...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
...connectivity, exploring the solar system… such applications require the implementation of large space facilities. As result, space will become increasingly crowded and complex, and an efficient logistics system is ... a full range of mobility solutions capable of addressing each logistics problem individually. Virtuous circle of space logistics As the space economy is expected to be worth more than a trillion dollars by the end of this decade,...
