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 ...
13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
... and six missions to the International Space Station, is being paid more than $4.8 billion by NASA for the Starlink programme. According to the world's largest aerospace company, Starliner, which is reusable up to 10 times with a six-month turnaround...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
... Arab Emirates may also launch its Mars Hope orbiter. SpaceX will continue to launch its controversial Starlink mega-constellation and its Crewed Dragon capsule is set to send a human crew to the International Space Station...
12 July 2021
Downstream data services boost ground segment market
... change from 2023, with new investment in the billions of dollars expected. The impact of commercial services such as Starlink and OneWeb on the military market is analysed, whilst the possibility of industry managing it as a service is also explored...
