10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... paramount importance for any future mission. However searching for derelict spacecraft and space debris in a lunar orbit, at least with optical telescopes, is challenging due to its bright glare. Now, a new technological application is set to change...
15 April 2018
TESS, NASA's planet-finding mission launches today!
... view of the cosmos, while helping to keep radiation impact to a minimum. To boldly go where no observatory has gone before (in orbit), TESS will be hitching a lift on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and so far, the run up to the launch has been...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...safe all forms of stored energy — both propulsive and electrical — in order to avoid possible explosions or break-ups in orbit after the end-of-mission. This passivation procedure is relatively complicated, and can result in substantial cost in terms...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
...the range of operating conditions, both during launch and in orbit. Redundancy is usually built into each major spacecraft subsystem,...of re-lifing, for example in a new orbital location, or for orbit correction. The servicing process can then be ...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
.... And the Polish space sector seems to be busy with organisational and budget planning rather than sub-orbital spaceport considerations. Evaluating European spaceport options reveals that, surfing on the wave of excitement induced by US private space...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...improvement in satellite technology. But this new satellite technology is obliged to work within the limitations of a launch and in-orbit infrastructure that has not fundamentally changed since the early 1970s. Mark Hempsell’s Scorpion study suggests...
