November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... frequent launch is a primary requirement. Furthermore, as air-launch operations are likely to involve a significant cruise phase, such systems could be ‘evolved’, either to harvest oxygen in-flight [2] or to transfer it from a tanker aircraft while...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
.... Euclid spacecraft overview. Timeline and concept The Euclid operations phases can be broken down into the standard mission phases, i.e. Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP), commissioning, routine operations with an optional mission extension...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
...is possible for a human to walk upright during the rotation phase of the spaceship. Further, the circular side surfaces should ... use during both landed/accelerated or rotated/un-accelerated flight phases. Due to stability reasons, the upper and lower ...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... Node 2. The technical feasibility study, which marks the next phase of the project, would focus on the insertion of the ...the tasks between the partners would be finalised during the pilot phase of the project, following signature of the MoU, when all...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
.... A quite different sensor is planned for in-orbit testing on NorSat-4, which has recently passed the preliminary design phase. On this satellite, FFI will fly an experimental optical camera powerful enough to spot vessels larger than 30 m in length...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
...and space-enabled industry SPL is opening in two phases. The first phase, focusing on downstream remote sensing data applications, ...businesses moved in during the weeks that followed. The second phase is linked to the first and is expected to be ...
