September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... This initiative, fully supported by ESA Member States, is currently in its inception. Next year’s maturation of the pilot phases will have to demonstrate the willingness of all partners to share risks as well as benefits, before entering into a full...
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...
