July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
.... The length and velocity shown are calculated by scaling the complex plasma characteristics to those of water. Figure 4: Phase separation between two particle populations of different size. The droplet was formed by first injecting a stream of small...
January 2019
Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying
...Sun, and acquiring again the formation before the next apogee phase (event 3). The breaking and acquisition of the formation is...on pseudo-range measurements, and in fine mode using carrier phase measurements. As the Proba-3 orbit goes beyond the GNSS ...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
..., MRV and MEP are just the beginning of the SpaceLogistics roadmap. Exciting mission areas targeted for Phase 3 include in-Space Assembly and Manufacturing (iSAM) and mission transport. iSAM comprises an array of capabilities used to robotically...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
.... First, the PROSPECT CEU is powered on and performs health checks of all subsystems. During this first checkout phase (or commissioning phase) PROSPECT is already collecting a first set of data: images of the drill working area are acquired, the...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
...and is crucial for insurers. Thus, IOS may have an impact on the insurability criteria of the in-orbit insurance phase, which currently includes at least 15 years of in-orbit life (for geostationary satellites). Extending the satellite’s life creates...
12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
... to support initial definition and analysis of their concepts, NIAC Phase I awards are valued at approximately $100,000 for a ...these basic feasibility studies are successful, awardees can apply for Phase II awards, valued up to $500,000 for two ...
