March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... benefits of on-orbit servicing are too important to ignore and despite the challenges, a solution can be found. Servicing has the potential to repair malfunctioning satellites, clear retired satellites and debris from geosynchronous orbit, and may...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... concepts are now being supported by Disrupt Space and the organisations presenting the challenges with the goal of turning them into viable startups. With the success of the Disrupt Space summit, we are now in a position to continuing supporting...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
.... Building a plant growth chamber in the unwelcoming environment of space still requires work. One of the challenges will be to add the bioregenerative part of the BLSS to the already existing LSS. Another challenge is the need for a better choice...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... more complex set of underlying, interrelated issues. However, because of the exponential growth of space activities, we do not have the luxury of a few more decades to address the challenges of the 3Cs. Urgent action is needed now if we are to avert...
April 2024
The promise of space-based LiDAR
...of LiDAR technology emerges as a tangible and groundbreaking prospect. The continuous stream of LiDAR data from satellites provides a transformative solution to the challenges previously faced, offering unprecedented opportunities for a diverse range...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... from 12 m long and 0.7 m in diameter to 35.7 m long and 2 m in diameter. Size is one of the challenges. One thing that we demonstrated on MIURA 1 was the staging mechanism. It’s a very tricky system, because - for MIURA 5 - we need to separate...
