08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
...a laser array on Earth in a process known as Directed Energy Propulsion. Put basically this type of propulsion uses energy beamed to the spacecraft from a remote power plant to provide energy; it can be in the form of microwaves, but in this instance...
20 May 2026
Greek optical ground station boosts Europe’s space connectivity
... systems, including an advanced 808-nanometer laser beacon and a C-band optical receiver. Both enable precise laser beam alignment and optical data reception at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps under varying atmospheric and operational conditions. Astrolight...
26 February 2016
SpaceX's Garrett Katzenstein joins Rocket Lab
..., or preburner. The engine is also fabricated largely by 3D printing, via electron beam melting, whereby layers of metal powder are melted in a high vacuum by an electron beam rather than a laser. Katzenstein was most recently the Senior Manager for...
26 February 2018
Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects
... becoming increasingly relevant as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) continues to orbit Earth attached to the International Space.... Although this book was put together long before BEAM reached orbit and mentions Bigelow only in passing, ...
29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
...aim of the ACS3 mission is to replace conventional rocket propellants by developing and testing solar sails using sunlight beams to thrust the nanosatellite. These solar sail propulsion systems are designed for future small interplanetary spacecrafts...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
... be needed in order to complete the same type of observation. Even radio observatories will not go unaffected as satellite constellations beam internet connectivity to the remote corners of Earth via radio frequencies that are very close to those set...
