October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
... European Resilience from Space (ERS) initiative, a modular system designed to integrate Earth observation (EO), low Earth orbit (LEO) telemetry and navigation, and secure communications (IRIS2). “No single member state can develop and maintain the...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... future exploration beyond the ISS and low Earth orbit (LEO) operations, and is actively developing collaborative programmes related to... domains that will occur in exploration scenarios beyond LEO. A number of initiatives have been undertaken towards...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
...800 nanosatellites have been launched into low Earth orbit (LEO), with a majority of launches after 2010 by new... standard. The current CubeSat standard, designed originally for LEO satellites, is not applicable for interplanetary missions, where ...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
...deploy the world’s first outposts beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). Working with US companies and international partners, the agency... the basis for future crewed space exploration capabilities beyond LEO. In addition to this experience, the ISS continues ...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... for the space community to learn from the development of decommissioning in the energy sector. Although the situation in LEO is usually described in negative terms, there is cause for optimism as decommissioning can be viewed both as a process for...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... mankind’s urge to extend its reach to new worlds, effective measures need to be taken to address the space debris in LEO to avoid the same mistakes there. Ethical considerations A solution must be found to ensure the protection of existing in-orbit...
