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August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... kilometre in diameter. By the end of this century, we will probably only visit a handful with larger spacecraft like NEAR Shoemaker, or Japan’s Hayabusa. But nanosats could be sent in large numbers to examine hundreds of... as Coronal Mass Ejections with improved resolution. Developing technologies If you’re trying to do big science with small spacecraft, there is no point in arriving at an exotic destination in the solar system if you can’t make ...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... orbit selection. In particular, many new initiatives plan to use large groups and constellations of spacecraft, and in some cases mega-constellations, and launch capacity in terms of available opportunities is generally... commercially non-feasible because of insufficient demand. For these reasons the developing small spacecraft market requires a dedicated small spacecraft launcher capable of prompt delivery of 50-300 kg payload to a low Earth ...
23 August 2016
NASA Makes Contact with STEREO-B Spacecraft
... 2014 loss of communications. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The spacecraft had apparently lost attitude control right before communication was lost. According to Dan Ossing, STEREO... altogether, it was feeding incorrect information into the guidance and control computer.” This data made the spacecraft believe it was spinning while it was not. As it attempted to correct that spin by firing thrusters, ...
04 September 2020
China announces launch of a reusable experimental spacecraft
...wider than a standard Long March 2F mission. However, those hoping to get a sneak look at the spacecraft were foiled as an apparent higher-than-usual level of security surrounding the mission prevented bystander images of ...who covers China's space industry. Although much secrecy surrounds the mission, plans to launch a reusable spacecraft in 2020 were revealed by officials from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) back in 2017...
07 July 2016
Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launched successfully from Baikonur
The Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launched today at 4:36 a.m. GMT from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Soyuz spacecraft will bring commander Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut ...data to be relayed from the ground over 70% of the orbit through Russian satellites. Earlier series of spacecraft could only send or receive commands when passing over Russian ground stations. The MS-01 also has an ...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
... it is compact and lightweight. Its small form factor will help to limit the weight of the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft to approximately 400kg, which in turn reduces launch costs. “The Arclight technology is ‘best in class’ and we are honoured..., small form factor electric propulsion system. We look forward to the successful deployment of the first SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft and to future collaboration with Effective Space.”
27 August 2021
China funds 5yr study into kilometre-scale ultra-large spacecraft
... of China, the report calls on Chinese scientists to join a five-year project to study the mechanics of a mega spacecraft that could be used for a number of purposes including, as a “major strategic aerospace equipment for the future use... Kong based news agency, South China Morning Post. Despite the broad applications experts say the spacecraft could potentially have, engineers would face many challenges, including the assembly of a large skilled ...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
...the entry threshold for space activity. This trend is expressed in the noticeable boom in small spacecraft (SSC) production. Traditionally, SSCs include the following satellites: femtosatellites (10-100g), picosatellites (up to...100kg), minisatellites (up to 500kg). The boom is evident in the drastic increase in the number of launched small spacecraft – from 49 in 2012 to 125 in 20131. Analysts agree on the overall assessment of SSC segment growth,...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... in the systems of exo-planets scattered throughout the galaxy. BepiColombo in cruise configuration. The two spacecraft, the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO, on top) and the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO in the...Transfer Module (MTM) during final inspections and deployment before being folded and stowed for launch. Spacecraft and instruments The BepiColombo MPO accommodates 11 scientific instruments. It is designed to take scientific ...
