September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... each attempting to bring a new layer of innovation by different methods such as low-cost, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), agile-mass manufacturing, and data fusion combined with machine learning. With a possible success rate of five...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
...body responds to living in space - technology that led to the creation of a baby monitoring system to protect against cot deaths. Similarly, microbiological sensors for space applications can be used to detect contamination for better water treatment...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... hardware and software, and the satellite parts are primarily sourced from Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) components from the commercial electronics industry and integrated using modern manufacturing techniques; a process we call ‘agile...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... players besides SpaceX that are willing to transform the commercial launch market. Orbital – a competitor and a co-participator in COTS – is offering its medium-sized Antares launch vehicle as a comparatively low-cost alternative to NASA’s old “work...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
.... Direct-to-orbit cellular connectivity - the latest COTS computer processors on satellites and modern signal processing... philosophy, whereby NewSpace entrepreneurs use a maximum amount of COTS and simplified design, even if this leads to reduced ...
June 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
...any parent will testify, travelling with a baby can be a nightmare because of all the associated paraphernalia. Travel cots in particular are often heavy and difficult to transport, and can be less than straightforward to assemble or disassemble. Now...
