February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
.... Some people believe that geostationary satellites are perhaps becoming obsolete because of future large constellations. But the future of constellations it is not yet proven and geostationary satellites are doing pretty well. So, it means that...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... might become affordable. Small deorbit robots could also be vital for the many proposed LEO mega-constellations to comply with deorbit guidelines. The sheer number of these satellites is projected to be a significant contributor to the debris...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
...be necessary. For mission operations, daily ground station contacts with one spacecraft are baselined to dump the constellation’s science data, check spacecraft health and perform routine commanding and any anomaly recovery operations. It is foreseen...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
...-1 and -2 and NorSat-1 and -2 on 22 July 2017 at 11:24 UTC. New sensors on NorSat-3 and -4 The Norwegian AIS satellite constellation has proven its utility for maritime surveillance and operations, particularly in the Arctic The Norwegian AIS...
