March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... of age when society worshipped gigantism Contrast this with the two-year schedule typical for a geostationary communications satellite, or perhaps five or more years for space research missions. Of course, the CubeSats do not deliver the results...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
..., as well as relative stability as far as business is concerned. Reconnaissance satellites, military communication satellites, weather monitoring satellites, navigation satellites, as well as research units, both manned and unmanned spacecraft: these...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
...oceans for customers such as DigitalGlobe. Key communications capabilities built by Harris are on Inmarsat communications satellites and our navigation payloads on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites help you find your way. Shipping signatures...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
...and went from an annual geostationary launch rate in the high twenties to a market in the single digits. As most communications satellites have a typical design life of about 15 years, it is probably no coincidence we are seeing that cycle come round...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
... and would need to be paid for. So, the services would receive weather satellite bills, missile launch detection bills, communications satellite bills, GPS satellite bills, imagery satellite bills, etc, from the Air Force. The chaos that would have...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... developed from a perception that the country is being harassed by the West. The purchase or development of geostationary communications satellites was thwarted by the sanctions and even Russia eventually removed its support. Commercial space imaging...
