07 August 2017
Russia and China set to sign Moon exploration deal this autumn
... the viewpoint of investments the creation of space systems consisting of dozens and even hundreds of Earth remote sensing or communications satellites whose commercial success requires work on the markets, and also considering that the next stage...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
... are 91 spacecraft based on the 1300 currently on orbit for commercial operators – more than any other model of communications satellite. Maxar’s 1300-class spacecraft platform is also the basis for NASA’s Psyche mission, which will explore...
19 May 2021
Nigeria appoints new space agency head
...signatory on the peaceful uses of Outer Space Treaty and currently has three satellites in the orbit - one communication satellite and two remote sensing satellites. Prior to his appointment as Director-General, Dr Shaba was the Director of Strategic...
26 February 2018
The New Gold Rush: the Riches of Space Beckon!
... has already been proved to some extent by the communications satellite revolution but writers have also predicted untold wealth generation... from more ambitious applications such as solar power satellites and asteroid mining. This, effectively, is the...
16 April 2020
China in Space
..., but [the nation] is poised to build a large, permanent space station, bring back lunar rocks, assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars, the moons of Jupiter and beyond…In space, China is the country to watch...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... payloads were launched into low Earth and geostationary orbit (LEO and GEO). Many of these were communications satellites with the potential to earn high revenues over their operational lifetime. However, there was initially little...
