February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...to take the greatest share. Microsatellites (10-200 kg), however, are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations. DIWATA-1 satellite is deployed from outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the ISS. Intended to observe Earth and...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...Smallsats are also set to transform the communications sector, with companies such as OneWeb and SpaceX proposing constellations of hundreds to thousands of smallsats placed in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide near-real-time broadband internet across...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... countries. Currently, there are plans to design and construct the next generation of AztechSats—now in the form of a constellation—following the same model of cooperation with NASA and involving Mexican universities. Dr Francisco Javier Mendieta Jim...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... of Earth observation (EO) programmes what have been the key changes and developments? In 2016 the first satellite constellations were starting and new companies, particularly in Silicon Valley, were beginning to emerge into the EO domain. I decided...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... UK with other national and multi-lateral agendas. “Harmonised regulations will shape how operators, especially large constellations, behave in orbit. They will also enable on-orbit services such as end-of-life and debris removal to thrive...
18 April 2023
Spire launches customers’ Earth and debris monitoring satellites
... Services arm, with a $39 billion total addressable market, allows organisations to deploy and scale their own satellite constellation at maximum speed and reliably, all through a subscription model that eliminates the high upfront cost of building...
