January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... danger to current space operations. If there is no action to deal with this, then it will exacerbate the challenges posed by the expansion of the orbital population when numerous satellites converge around valuable parts of Earth’s orbit. It would...
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...
October 2023
Slovenia’s footprint in space
... company but with an internationally recognised brand that provides innovative space solutions and with the right mindset to address the challenges of the New Space Age. SkyLabs’ NANOsky avionics platform comprises highly miniaturised avionics with...
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...
