February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... 10 times its speed, or about Mach 23. Launching to LEO, rockets burn through 17 kWh/kg within a couple of minutes...The space shuttle carried only one train-wagon-equivalent payload to LEO, around 27.5 metric tons (mt), or 1.4 percent of total rocket...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... into some IOS missions. NASA’s OSAM-1 mission, for instance, is designed to demonstrate the refuelling of an unprepared US satellite in LEO, but with a budget of well over $220 million it does not represent a commercially viable solution for future...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... hundreds, maybe even thousands, of micro and nanosatellites to LEO will increase the density of active space objects that will ...Earth observation programme which operates several Sentinel satellites in LEO. If Europe can get its act together on space...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...be capable of delivering more than 130 metric tons to LEO. Heritage development SLS offers game-changing opportunities for spacecraft ...will increase that performance to more than 130 metric tons to LEO, and at least 45 metric tons to TLI. The Interim...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
.... Government-funded research has suggested more than 30 small satellite operators plan to launch low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations before 2030, amounting to more than 7000 potential satellites However, the UK’s location with respect to its...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... these missions affordable and sustainable. Unlike life in low Earth orbit (LEO) where resources can be brought form the ground, for humans to thrive beyond LEO resources have to be found, extracted, processed, managed and used directly...
