July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... behaviour in outer space. Here, the author calls for action by the international space community to curb such demonstrations, which threaten the safety and sustainability of orbital operations, and work closer together on space situational awareness...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
...plate to latch on to the Target satellite. Whilst rendezvous has been performed in orbit in the past, ELSA-d will demonstrate the first semi-autonomous capture of a non-responsive, tumbling Target, as well as the first identification of a Target that...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... regarding spectrometer measurements. Status LCROSS was a pathfinder for costconstrained missions RP will be the first ISRU demonstration on another planetary body, taking the first steps to be able to ‘live off the land’. RP is in Phase A, having...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... in the past two years [1]. These investments are in commercial operational smallsat projects, not merely technology demonstration and basic science experiments made by government space organisations. And they provide a broad spectrum of capabilities...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... healthy, with institutional customers ready to outsource their geo-information needs; and EO data value in information production is demonstrated. Two opportunities are the development of new services and new markets with game changers on the demand...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... deal with any global health concern occurring in space or originating from space. But as the current coronavirus demonstrates, global health hazards, regardless of their source, are a concern for all of humanity. Whether in space or on Earth, there...
