April 2025
Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?
... launch system altogether. Longshot aims to use a ‘space cannon’, which - it is claimed - would be able to fire a shell into low Earth orbit with a single blast. With this system, a bullet-shaped capsule would be ejected from the gun barrel...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
..., last year Axiom Space became the first commercial company to announce it would be constructing its own station in low Earth Orbit that will serve as a home to microgravity experiments, critical space-environment materials testing, and private and...
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...
26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
...next evolution of the commercial space paradigm by creating the first ever crewed private sector platform in low Earth orbit. The Orbital Reef will carry forward the singular legacy of the ISS, supporting innovative microgravity research, development...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... mega-constellations.. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimates there are around 3,200 objects in LEO (low Earth orbit). At the same time a number of companies have announced their intention to deploy large constellations of up to 2,000 satellites...
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...
