April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
...-funded research has suggested more than 30 small satellite operators plan to launch low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations before 2030, amounting to more than 7000 potential satellites However, the UK’s location with respect to its neighbours...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... one of its Aeolus spacecraft from colliding with Starlink 44, one of the first 60 satellites launched in SpaceX’s mega constellation, planned to be 12,000-strong by the mid-2020s. Manoeuvres use fuel, thereby diminishing the useful life of the...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... one of the leading and most well-funded broadband constellations, filed for bankruptcy in late March. Although the ...extend its lead with the launch of the new WorldView Legion constellation. The first batch of six satellites, still due for launch...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
...a need for a lunar orbiting data network, to enable lunar orbiting satellite internet services (similar to Earth orbiting constellations such as Starlink), and communications between Earth and the Moon. At TerraMetric we foresee the same process then...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... in low Earth orbit (LEO), with companies from around the world looking to use these so-called mega-constellations to provide enhanced communications and unprecedented internet connectivity across the planet. The potential developments are on a scale...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...the number of satellites placed into orbit, and the trend is set to increase with companies proposing satellite constellations of up to 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). This rapid increase in the infrastructure surrounding our planet comes...
