April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...true market forces driving the launch providers. Consequently, as the investment and number of proposed small spacecraft constellations has increased, a number of new launch vehicle initiatives have been created specifically to serve new space launch...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
...growing requirement to carry multiple CubeSats onboard launch vehicles. Will there be enough satellites? Most of the large constellations are not yet proven – technically or financially – and some may fail to materialise In recent years, we have seen...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... are changing and space has an opportunity to become more adaptable to market demand. Though numerous multi-satellite constellations in low Earth orbit are being touted there will still be a place for large geostationary satellites. In-orbit...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
...most innovative nation and we are working with industry to capture 10% of the global space market by 2030.” The constellation will be a major leap forward for the Earth Observation industry providing a number of innovative capabilities including; the...
16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
...as policy-makers to work with the astronomical community in a concerted effort to analyse and understand the impact of satellite constellations,” said the IAU. To address some concerns, SpaceX said it would take steps to adjust satellite orbits where...
07 October 2020
Chinese company seeks approval to launch nearly 13,000 satellites
..., etc, some of the frequency ranges the SKA will observe overlaps with radio transmissions from satellite constellations. These frequencies covers the range from 8.3 – 15.4 GHz and are referred to as band 5b. Satellite downlink frequencies utilise...
