May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... a Chinese playbook, namely focusing on domestic production and self-sufficiency; look no further than the revocation of Starlink’s operating license by French authorities in April. This could have been for any number of reasons, but pragmatically...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...no sign of slowing down. Just one such constellation, Starlink, will have more satellites when it is completed than all...nations and future generations. Parallel streaks from SpaceX Starlink satellites visible over southern Brazil (the vertical streak ...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... and use of outer space without discrimination of any kind and on a basis of equality. SpaceX Starlink satellites before deployment. Starlink is the world’s first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
..., so China has Gouwang, deployed by the government. The ‘Thousand Sails’ and other Starlink competitors are being developed by ostensible cpmanies in China. In parallel, a large number of Party-sanctioned ‘commercial’ companies are ...
October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... of transmission requirements across various applications compounds these difficulties. SpaceX s Starlink is currently the largest satellite constellation by far. Starlink satellites are launched in batches, deploying dozens into orbit at a time...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
... satellites performed more collision avoidance manoeuvres in a single month than in the entire first 2.5 years of Starlink deployment. Based on statistical models produced by the ESA space debris office, it is estimated that there are 36,500 ...
