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 ...
July 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...
March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
...design uses carefully selected commercial off the shelf (COTS) components and reliable use in space is attained...contributions. The ISIS structure and deployable antenna systems offered as COTS products on the CubeSatShop were also used in the project....
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... of the LCROSS mission. LCROSS was a pathfinder for cost-constrained missions, looking to Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) instruments and flight-proven instruments such as the LCROSS visible camera. Instruments from the commercial and...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... space systems and services based on EO data. The massive use of high-performance commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies has already proved the feasibility of constellations of several tens of cubesats weighing around 5 kg and costing a few...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
.../blogs/guest-blogs/2017/20170309-nasa-iss-partners-cislunar-station.html. [Accessed: 16 03 2017]. 2 C. M. E. Utrilla, “Asteroid-COTS: Developing the cislunar economy with private public partnerships,” Space Policy, vol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016...
