... for small launch, from upstream payload manufacture, launch and in-orbit services to downstream data capture, analysis and distribution. The UK has previously attracted Virgin Orbit for horizontal launch and the addition of Astraius underscores the...
...a few kilometres of an expended rocket body. Concepts are also being developed using sensors for inspection of spacecraft. On-orbit servicing, including autonomous docking, was demonstrated by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA...
... Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with the Intelsat 901 communications satellite marking a new era of in-orbit servicing (IOS). The MEV is designed to assist up to eight spacecraft over a 15-year operational lifetime. IOS could prove...
... design. Effective Space is developing a unique, small spacecraft to extend the life of satellites in orbit, based on the vision to provide logistics services in the rapidly growing space economy. To this end, it has developed a unique and patented...
... of thousands of satellite launches planned in the coming years. Astroscale is already the category leader in the global on-orbit servicing market. Its founder and CEO Nobu Okada is credited worldwide as a key figure in galvanising the space industry...
... processing and data assimilation. The technologies in question will also serve as the basis of future in-orbit servicing or refuelling services for satellites. Asteroid Impact Mission Novel technology is what does the most to create new applications...