January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
.... A 16 kg Target satellite built in the UK by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd for Astroscale’s End-of-Life Services demonstration (ELSA-d) mission due for launch in 2020. The mission is designed to simulate capture of orbital debris and validate key...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... atmosphere. This three-step strategy is planned for demonstration for the first time in 2020 during the ELSA-d mission by Astroscale, a Singapore-based start-up. Astroscale is also working with ClearSpace (Switzerland) to increase the technology...
19 October 2018
Countdown begins for the launch of BepiColombo
... planet. “Mission teams have spent months simulating BepiColombo’s unique and complex journey,” explains Operations Manager Elsa Montagnon. “Taking turns, in 12-hour shifts, we have been practising the spacecraft’s various launch and early mission...
