March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... be conducted using the existing infrastructure. The creation of Strand-1 and PhoneSat has demonstrated the potential use of high-level...of a newly developed miniature engine is the nanosatellite STRaND-1, launched into orbit on February 25, 2013. It ...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
The EDEN ISS consortium will design and test essential controlled environment agriculture (CEA) technologies using an International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) cultivation system for potential testing onboard the International Space Station (ISS). ...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... the movie The Martian recently I was captured by the creativity demonstrated by two key characters - the astronaut stranded on Mars, played by Matt Damon, and the astrodynamicist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), played by Donald...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
... Sun emits broadband bursts of radio energy. According to the statistics, there was a 4.3-fold increase in the likelihood of a stranding on days with high levels of 2800 MHz radio emission. “We were really surprised by our results,” says Granger...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... flight retrieved Palapa B2 and Westar 6, two failed communication satellites whose identical anomalies had left them stranded in useless orbits far below their intended geosynchronous target of 35,786 kilometres above the Earth. Both satellites...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
... crafted by director Alfonso Cuaron, is a rather visceral exploration of the fate of two astronauts stranded in space. The reason as to why they’re stranded? A Russian missile strike on a broken satellite has created a cloud of space debris (those...
