January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... up from Earth. Instead, most of them will be 90 percent manufactured on ‘outposts’; the software will be uploaded and you’ll do satellite deployment on demand from orbiting platforms, not from launch vehicles. You’ll use the launch vehicles to send...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... refuelling infrastructure, both chemical and electrical. Planning in-orbit servicing and maintenance missions is difficult as the original satellites were never designed to be maintained. SBSP will be designed for this and help to pave the way for...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... associated with disasters are lack of energy, communications and night-time illumination so, once again, solar power satellites could potentially provide affordable power to enable these crucial relief elements. SBSP thus represents a clean energy...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
... its intended environment. The project's aim is quite simply; point the satellite at a piece of space junk, fire a net at it, capture ... Station to test its effectiveness, the 100 kilogram satellite did just that. It successfully deployed its onboard ...
