November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... and we almost expect private industry to take a lead. This is now beginning to extend from commercial satellites and launch services to what is broadly referred to as the space exploration sector, which includes the classical science missions but...
06 March 2017
Virgin Galactic announces its new space venture - Virgin Orbit
... of people and enabling valuable applications of data from space through Virgin Orbit’s flexible, affordable, and reliable launch service.” Virgin Orbit will now become the third company in Virgin Group’s commercial space portfolio, Galactic Ventures...
16 October 2015
Hitchhikers no more: NASA picks 3 firms to launch cubesats
... if we only fly as secondary payloads,” said Garrett Skrobot, lead for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission for NASA’s Launch Services Programme. “These are still experimental satellites, but the technology they are employing...
March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
...to provide a full spectrum of CubeSat missions from design to launch service, including standalone subsystems sold through its web shop, know as... of these commercialised Gecko imagers was scheduled for launch in late 2018. Gaia 3U satellite with Gecko...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... and reliability, creating additional commercial opportunities and increased demand for launch services. While this cycle has the potential to significantly reduce launch costs even further, it will ultimately face limitations if the focus of the...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... the satellite owner The insurance market for the commercial space industry is global. Satellite owners, manufacturers, launch services providers, insurance brokers, and underwriters, are all involved in establishing the insurance for any commercial...
