September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... is the Satellite Orbital Safety Best Practices reference guide developed jointly by the three large constellation operators, Iridium, OneWeb and SpaceX in September 2022. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and executives of Airbus Defence & Space...
April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
... of the Technological Feasibility and the Way Forward” [2013]. He has helped build space systems, such as the Iridium satellite constellation and taught space systems engineering around the world. He has published widely, including five...
19 July 2017
Mayak satellite set to shine the brightest
... for Lighthouse or beacon – will reach an optical magnitude of -10 at the beginning of the flight. For comparison, the brightest Iridium flares can reach a magnitude of -8, while on a good day, the Space Station can reach -4. Even though you...
08 July 2019
Amazon seeks approval for 3,236 broadband satellite constellation
... satellites are designed to maximise spectrum reuse, although there is some overlap with a part of the spectrum that Iridium is already using for its telecom satellite constellation, and the deployment plan will proceed in five phases...
16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
... other planned extensive satellite constellations in LEO would pose to astronomy. Also under fire were the existing Iridium constellation, as well as the in-progress OneWeb and Globalstar internet networks along with Amazon's recently announced...
11 November 2019
Fourth time rocket reuse for SpaceX mission but concerns still over satellites
..., the mission will mark the first fourth flight of a Falcon 9 first stage that previously supported the Iridium-7, SAOCOM-1A, and Nusantara Satu missions. Top marks to SpaceX then, for the mission's reusability factor. However...
