...-d will be operated from the newly-developed National In-orbit Servicing Control Centre Facility based at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, UK. The Control Centre is being developed by Astroscale as a key part of the ground segment. The...
... activity in orbit. Another powerful externality is the growing problem of radio frequency interference (RFI) as many satellite applications and services use a handful of common frequency bands. This has led to a growing competition for spectrum...
... local academia and local industry on a joint project such as a community satellite: setting a sustainability challenge for a satellite application, designing and building that satellite, launching and tracking it from the same area and asking local...
... large, expensive and durable satellites of the past. Even at the less optimistic baseline level our study shows that we can expect to see strong growth for the satellite, satellite launch and satellite applications market over the next twenty...
... the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services and will be operated from the UK at the Satellite Applications Catapult at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. Among the technologies Astroscale hopes to test over the next few months...
... solar power systems. About the authors Frank Schoofs is a Senior Space Energy Development Engineer with the UK Satellite Applications Catapult. He previously worked with the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He has a PhD in Materials Science, University...