September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
...having received no government appropriations or subsidies whatsoever. In 2019, the spacecraft completed thermal vacuum tests in the company...commercial service to be provided by MEV-1 starting in 2019 will mark a number of firsts, including the first ...
October 2019
Asgardia’s calendar and its role in space industrialisation strategy
...Asgardia, Decree No. 2 from 1 January 2017 and approved by the Parliament of Asgardia dated: Virgo 13, 0003 //July 28, 2019. The calendar is intended to ensure international cooperation in the strategy for the industrialisation of space. The standard...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... KBO 2014 MU69) compiled from data obtained by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the object on 1 January, 2019. Investigation by New Horizons showed that it is composed largely of frozen volatiles, such as methane, ammonia and water. What...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
... how the US Navy suborns the US Marine Corps). In February 2019 Trump signed a directive to this end. I believe that the recipe...Command of 2002. Third, the position the USAF has espoused in 2019 with respect to the creation of a new military branch – ...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... The second batch of 60 satellites was launched in November 2019 and the company may put as many as 42,000 satellites ...example, all ESA projects are subjected to the ISO 24113:2019 standard on debris mitigation requirements, which references the IADC ...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
...off from Spaceport Cornwall. Spaceport Cornwall secured financing in November 2019 after Cornwall Council agreed to a funding package of £10.3 ... that it would benefit Cornwall significantly. Now, in 2019, that has all changed. The decision to provide ...
