October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
.... The trapped particles that constitute the Van Allen belts (protons and electrons) pose a serious risk to orbiting satellites because of their effects on sensitive electronic components However, in the last four years, commercial satellite missions...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...to the adoption of removal actions will reduce the beneficial effect. It is also clear that preparing satellites for in-orbit servicing (IOS) before launch will reduce servicing costs, while standardisation and modularisation of satellite design will...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
...for launch over the next 10 years, this is a scenario that must be addressed now. ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit’s Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Space traffic To facilitate the safe operations of about 1.5 billion vehicles circulating here on Earth...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
...will coast for 22 minutes before releasing its payload into low Earth orbit. “If LauncherOne reaches an altitude of 50 miles on this mission,... to a partnership with DMG Mori, which saw Virgin Orbit become the owner of one of the first hybrid additive...
10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
...to the most recent observations of the Sun surface.” Solar Orbiter will use a combination of 10 in situ and remote-...in which our planet resides.” We are all Solar Orbiters Solar Orbiter will be one of two complementary spacecraft studying the Sun...
26 May 2020
Virgin Orbit's first orbital test flight fails due to anomaly
... though not as many as we would have liked,” said Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. “Nevertheless, we took a big step forward ... other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind. Virgin Orbit’s decision to begin production of multiple rockets well in ...
