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 ...
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 ...
17 January 2025
Investigation launched after SpaceX Spaceship 7 explodes
... GMT) was carrying its first test payload of mock Starlink satellites but no crew and came just hours after a...launch pads in California, Florida and Texas. First up was the Starlink 12-4 mission, which launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... space debris. Interference issues In September ESA determined the safest option to avoid a potential collision with a SpaceX Starlink satellite was firing the thrusters on its Aeolus satellite. It was the first time for ESA that...
