March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
... which, as it turns out, differs by less than a week from the schedule last year. During the approach phase, the spacecraft interrupts thrusting occasionally to take pictures of Ceres against the background stars, principally to aid in navigating...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... of. The new paradigm is flexing the team in phase with the workload. Every space business will immediately appreciate... able to support both space businesses in their early growth phases and those continuing to grow will contribute to optimising the ...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... expensive. In turn, this will lead to an immediate increase in launch costs. The slightest variation during the decommissioning phase can greatly affect the chances of success for the re-entry manoeuvre. Debris mitigation and avoidance regulations...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... policy in support. The days of space innovation are not over - they have entered a new phase, perhaps a new pragmatic phase, where new problems receive new solutions, where films address the exciting issues of the day...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... caused by an increasing number of space debris collisions in near-Earth space. Today we are locked into a truly terrifying phase of space pollution as the space debris problem changes from being passive to aggressive. According to some analysts, the...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... square metre solar sail will deploy, and the sail characterisation phase will begin. Once the system is checked out, the spacecraft... to search for the target and start its approach phase using a combination of radio tracking and optical navigation....
