05 November 2018
Astroscale secures $50 million to clean low Earth orbit
... achieve these exciting goals. Approximately 750,000 pieces of space debris over one centimeter in diameter are orbiting the Earth, threatening the safety of active spacecraft. Given this active risk of space debris currently...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... satellites. In the same category are the manoeuvres made by Chinese satellites in both low Earth orbit (LEO) and, more recently, in geostationary orbit (GEO), which point to testing of rendezvous operations or inspection objectives. In the United...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
...of the Dream Chaser® spaceplane, a multi-mission space utility vehicle capable of transporting cargo - and eventually crew - to low Earth orbit. But there is more to the company than this. As Thomas Crabb, Robert Richter and Martin Chiaverini explain...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... past decade, the International Space Station partnership has continually addressed the future of research in - and exploitation of - low Earth orbit (LEO) beyond the lifetime of the ISS. At present, it seems likely that the Space Station will remain...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... be the first commercial mission to demonstrate the core technologies necessary for active debris docking and removal in low Earth orbit. With technology beginning to emerge and the pressing need identified, the big question remains - how can...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... path of the photons for most of the way down would solve the problem of signal losses. A satellite in a low earth orbit could easily act as a relay between different ground stations who wanted to communicate securely and wanted to share...
