February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... into raw materials and salvaged components for future use in new hardware. Meanwhile, larger players such as Northrop Grumman have plans for an in-orbit recycling system. Using a giant parabolic mirror to focus the power of the sun...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... risk managers can adopt adequate measures and insurers can construct the correct coverage. Far left: Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) captures target satellite Intelsat 901 (IS-901) to initiate final docking of the two...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... provided funding and technical support, resulting in the development of private cargo supply vehicles from SpaceX, Northrop Grumman and eventually, Sierra Nevada. Soon after, NASA introduced the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programme which...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... and crew to the International Space Station. Elsewhere in the industry, companies such as SpaceLogistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, are pioneering the field of in-orbit servicing (IOS), which challenges the 60-year paradigm that satellites...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... attached to the International Space Station in April 2021, including the SpaceX Crew-1 and Crew-2 Dragons, and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus-15 resupply ship, all from the United States, and Russia’s Progress 75 and 77 resupply ships and...
26 October 2015
Luminati Aerospace and Long Island: a revival for local industry?
... use has been cited as a factor. Luminati CEO Daniel Preston, chief designer Barnaby Waifan (previously with Northrop Grumman, the inventor of the unique Wainfan Facetmobile) and chief scientist Anthony Calise (who helped design the...
