.... 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...
...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...
.... 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...
... will complete a burn of its main engine, placing it in orbit around the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter. The...72 minutes later, it will make a faster turn into the orbit-insertion attitude. At 10:41 p.m. EDT (7:41 p.m. PDT), Juno ...
... acknowledged in their application, concerns raised by a number of parties regarding the problems vast quantities of satellites in a low-Earth orbit could cause. Some small satellite operators have in the past said it would make it more difficult for...