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...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
.... Currently we build a lot of space technology for science - from the International Space Station (ISS) through to communication satellites - but we still build it in a cottage industry type way. What we now need are factories building modular...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
...with various analyses suggesting significant growth as technologies and the market mature. The O3b mPOWER communications satellite system, owned and operated by SES provides global broadband connectivity for a range of applications including cellular...
12 March 2018
Satellite-servicing space drones set for launch in 2020
... Effective Space’s SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft into orbit in 2020. Built specifically to prolong the working life of communication satellites already in orbit, the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft is a small (1m x 1m x 1.25m), 400-kilogram spacecraft that locks...
09 May 2019
Seradata Space Conference to focus on managing space risk and insurance
... from the big four Space Insurance Brokers against four experienced space underwriters ∙ A session covering the Communications Satellite Market and Technology which will be led by Intelsat's Gregory Ewert and John Finney from Isotropic Systems...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
...resources to attain the collective goal of human advancement by planetary exploration makes eminent sense. India’s GSAT-12 communication satellite launched by ISRO in July 2011 A variety of technology and cost-sharing models could be worked upon. For...
