October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... Earth and historical sites on the Moon – given the presence of numerous historically significant satellites and objects in LEO and the growing risk of collisions with other space objects, and the immense historical significance of the...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... a communications satellite based in geostationary orbit (GEO) and usually 10 years or less for a spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO). No one would be surprised to learn that the launch phase represents a relatively high level of risk exposure and...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
...only a few tens of thousands visiting low Earth orbit (LEO) per year would be profound. The Overview Effect would no... costs tens of millions of dollars, and launches beyond LEO are limited to occasional multibillion-dollar Artemis missions, serious ...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... to increase the robustness and operational throughput to the ISS, and ensure a successful transition of ISS-based commercial LEO utilization to a commercial platform at ISS EOL. Axiom has proposed to design and develop a commercial crewed ISS module...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...considered the impact of the authorised (from a radio perspective) space systems on the orbital environment, on orbital operations in LEO, and other factors such as post-mission disposal. This has only been a consideration in geostationary orbit (GEO...
May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
... upgrade in satellite services. LowEarth orbiting (LEO) satellites are being launched, forming large constellations of spacecraft...single transmit channel so it can simultaneously receive from both LEO and expand MEO/GEO using a single flat antenna operating...
