December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... provision of internet services. SpaceX is the most advanced of these, having launched more than 1700 satellites of its Starlink constellation at the time of writing, and is now offering a beta service for a limited number of users. OneWeb has...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
..., Hughes and SES come on-line. At the same time, new low Earth orbit mega-constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb are gearing up for commercial services. While we see strong demand for broadband, mobility recovery...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... era, commercial constellations are being deployed at an unprecedented rate by both start-ups and legacy actors: OneWeb, Starlink or Telesat for broadband; Kineis, Astrocast or Myriota for Internet of things (IoT); and Planet, Iceye or Capella for...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... generations can continue to be inspired by the starry firmament above. Unscheduled re-entry of a just launched SpaceX Starlink satellite over Puerto Rico in February 2022. Some 40 out of 49 satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere before reaching...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
... of the Space Age was Plesetsk in Russia, its dominance ended only recently by the SpaceX Falcon 9 launching 50 Starlink satellites at a time from Cape Canaveral. Key elements From a functional point of view, the key elements required...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
It is often said that “space is difficult”. Space is a challenging environment for which to design and build equipment and it is difficult to make sure it continues to operate once it is in space. Here, the author looks at the space development ...
