October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... orbit (LEO), they fly through the beam of a GEO satellite, transmitting on the same frequency, and cause interference ... that a LEO satellite which is ‘in the beam’ of a GEO satellite is never attempting to transmit into the same geographical region ...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
...mass from Earth to a train station beyond geostationary orbit (GEO), known collectively as the Galactic Harbour; a Space Train to... alone cannot deliver massive amounts of tonnage beyond GEO The Inter-Planetary Transportation System, or Space Train...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...hundred million dollars. Communications satellites On-orbit assembly can also provide payoff for telecommunications in geostationary orbit (GEO). Consider the data distribution sector where the satellite is used to move data from one central location...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... food security, insurance, etc.) or new commercial usage (geo-marketing, mapping and LBS, etc.), and successful implementation of...worldwide? Will the promise of a huge growth of the geo-information market fostered by the convergence between ICT and EO...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... fact, no one has ever seen close-up imagery of any GEO satellite once it has arrived on orbit, but this data is... (left) and (above) the RSGS satellite for robotic servicing in GEO. Cleaning up Robotics are, as previously noted, a viable means of...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
... launch vehicle and then uses chemical propellants to reach GEO. This orbital transfer manoeuvre typically takes no more than... level of degradation equivalent to spending many years in GEO. Importantly, this degradation is accrued during the initial ...
