October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... the industry has grown to embrace rideshare launch services, we must evolve to embrace the multi-mission ground segment as a service model. Even a decade ago it was virtually unheard of to launch ‘secondary’ payloads along with a larger satellite...
10 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... satcoms operators reduces profitability, putting pressure on satellite prices, which is also transferred to satellite integrators, launch service providers and equipment suppliers. New technologies, capabilities and entrants into the market, both...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... this small launcher army, ASRA starts a Department of Defense (DoD) Venture Class Launch Services pilot programme modelled on NASA’s and awards competitive launches to support the industrial base. Congress can push forward enterprise integration...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
...itself as ‘a disruptive company’ that connects space startups and innovators with affordable and reliable launch services. Its first customer-funded launch took place from Spaceport Camden in Georgia, USA, in August 2017. Today’s onboard software The...
10 August 2020
ULA & SpaceX win substantial US government launch contracts
... announced upon issuance. Task orders for the launch service support and launch service contracts will be issued to ULA for $337M and SpaceX for $316M for launch services to meet fiscal year 2022 launch dates. “This landmark award begins the...
October 2020
Open Source Space
..., and a Member of the Board of the Swedish Space Corporation. He was the former Director of Telecommunications, Navigation and Launch services, for SSTL and Chief Executive Officer of the group’s US subsidiary, SST-US, and has over 30 years of space...
