April 2018
Servicing the space economy
...new market will be realised, first in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) and then medium and low Earth orbit (LEO), through ... greater revenue. In the first phase of this new GEO economy, small satellites will provide the logistics required. Creating...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
...best possible outcome? Key issues and dangers Satellites in GEO operate in a harsh environment (including being in a... preclude making repairs to orbiting systems. But a slot at GEO is a valued, finite resource, and there is competition between...
June 2014
Understanding Earth: GEO and the SDG environmental agenda
...in Earth observation data acquisition and information generation activities. To date, the following global initiatives developed within GEO’s framework include, the Water Cycle Coordination Initiative (WCCI), Oceans and Society (The Blue Planet), the...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... industry. One is that we probably already have some challenging, rapidly-spinning objects to deal with in the vicinity of GEO, and a second is that the current policy of retiring satellites to a super-synchronous graveyard orbit, and then abandoning...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
...that fuel depletion is the leading cause of retirement for GEO satellites. SpaceLogistics has developed a solution to this problem...client’s launch adapter ring, another feature common to most GEO satellites. It is important to note that the MEV-client...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... which we developed from scratch the technology and procedures required to safely rendezvous, dock with and service GEO communications satellites. We do this by means of a probe mechanism designed to dock with our clients’ Liquid Apogee Engines (LAEs...
