... of entrepreneurs have seen a massive opportunity in space and are competing head on with the manufacturers of the large satellites In parallel, a number of self-made billionaires are using their own wealth to focus explicitly on the space launch...
.... The IAU statement identifies this threat to radio astronomy from aggregate radio signals emitted from the satellite constellations, stating that “recent advances in radio astronomy, such as producing the first image of a black hole or understanding...
...brightness signatures down to 18th magnitude. The US space surveillance network, the largest in the world, routinely ‘loses’ satellites all of the time, as the figure on page 63 illustrates. ASATs Although it would seem advisable to limit the ability...
...reach. In February 2020, the company’s Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with the Intelsat 901 communications satellite in order to relocate it to a new position over the Atlantic Ocean. The MEV is designed for a 15-year operational lifetime...
... computing industries. Since our applications would all be software-defined, it also meant we could continuously improve our satellites, even after they had been launched, through on-orbit software upgrades. Spire is vertically integrated, with both...
... the ground and track enemy missiles in flight. By late 2022, the agency wants to have several dozen satellites in orbit to demonstrate it can operate a proliferated constellation which can ‘talk’ to weapon systems. Space sustainability is one of the...