November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... and the emergence of start-ups such as Planet Labs, OneWeb and Rocket Lab are defining a new age in the space ... Japan, is building a small launcher comparable to those of Rocket Lab or PLD Space. Astroscale, a company based in Singapore but run...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... for the creation of a maximally time-efficient ERS (Earth Remote Sensing) service has already begun (SkyBox, Planet Labs projects). Investors and entrepreneurs alike are once again taking on development projects focussed on global satellite internet...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... the satellites: high resolution means large imaging instruments. Integration of an optical instrument on AstroBus-S platform. Planet, (formerly Planet Labs) has put into orbit nearly 150 cubesats with GSDs of between 3 and 5 m. While modest in terms...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... revisit rates up to 15 times per day for monitoring missions, more than triple that of its current capacity. Planet Labs is planning to double its imaging capacity with the launch of 44 SuperDove satellites. Meanwhile, start-ups including Tomorrow...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
.... In one sense the likes of Skybox, and Planet Labs and Planetary Resources are commoditising satellites. These new satellites... will come within nearly five million kilometres of our planet - a close approach in astronomical terms but not something...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... we are fully disrupting the way we live and work in space, ultimately to better our lives both on this planet and in space. About the author Jeff Manber has worked on the commercialisation of space exploration for over...
