November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
...provide global coverage of the Earth’s surface, except for the polar regions. This helped to create the communications satellite age. In the case of an Extraterrestrial Skyring, if the clumping was well managed, but in a 1:2 resonance orbit at 26,500...
10 August 2016
Dellingr CubeSat Begins Environmental Testing
... and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. CubeSats are considered “nanosatellites”, and are measured in Units...
02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
... unknown. No one was injured during the explosion, but both the Falcon 9 rocket and the Amos-6 communication satellite were destroyed. “SpaceX can confirm that in preparation for today’s static fire, there was an anomaly on the...
11 January 2019
Revolutionary "Chameleon" satellite ready for final assembly
... perform all manner of changes while it is in orbit, such as adjusting the satellite’s coverage, frequency, power, and even orbital position. "Communications satellites like EUTELSAT QUANTUM that can be reprogrammed to adapt coverage and connectivity...
14 April 2021
Satellite support for Scottish seafood industry
... change in the fishing industry - from cutting edge 'agile space', whereby satellites are launched to perform bespoke research for specific challenges; to communication satellites that can track vessels, and land-mapping, which has so far mapped...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... a piece of debris passed by. At around the same time, an operational American commercial satellite (Iridium 33) and an inactive Russian communications satellite (Kosmos 2251) collided approximately 790 km above the Earth, resulting in their total...
