February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... space industries of many spacefaring countries. Among the reasons for this admittedly guarded welcome is the promise of in-orbit servicing (IOS) to resolve at least some of the many sensitive issues faced by the space community today, including the...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... space. If we want to create this new market, we need a joint effort by all the companies involved in the in-orbit servicing sector. We need to collect ideas, proposals and solutions from experts, industry leaders and other stakeholders to formulate...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
..., technologies and techniques needed to extend satellites’ lifespans, even if they were not designed to be serviced in orbit. Growth potential In-orbit servicing is expected to become a multi-billion-dollar market by 2030 and studies have valued the...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... trillions of dollars in 20 years’ time. In January this year, market research firm, Northern Sky Research, published its In-Orbit Servicing Markets report that concluded that by 2028 the market will be worth US$3 billion, with life extension driving...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... barriers, it relies on one or more systems that are largely unproven technologies. By contrast, the related technology of on-orbit servicing (OOS) is already a reality on the International Space Station (ISS) in the form of the station’s robotic...
27 November 2020
Russia's Energia says ISS is close to ruin, nation should build its own space station instead
...is necessary “to revise the terms of further participation in the program” and focus on the implementation of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which is currently being developed at RSC Energia. ROSS is expected to consist of three to seven...
