...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...before yesterday. “A new gateway to space has just sprung open! That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament to this team’s talent, precision, drive, and ingenuity. Even in the face of a global pandemic, we’ve maintained...
.... An evolved version of such a system could also employ basic in-space operational capabilities such as rendezvous and docking, on-orbit assembly and propellant transfer to enable a subsonic air-launched RLV to form the first leg of a fully reusable...