January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... Development and Operations programme, which is converting the facilities at Kennedy Space Center into a next-generation spaceport capable of supporting launches of multiple types of vehicles. These capabilities are part of a larger NASA strategy...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... innovators with affordable and reliable launch services. Its first customer-funded launch took place from Spaceport Camden in Georgia, USA, in August 2017. Today’s onboard software The classical onboard software is currently seen as an almost...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... satellite in orbit after the successful launch of VividX2 (also known as Carbonite-2) on 12 January 2018 from the Indian spaceport in Sriharikota. The first demonstrator data sets have been available since late March and a public release...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
...the author Derek Webber, a former space systems engineer and executive in the satcoms business, is founder of Spaceport Associates, USA, and worked to establish the marketing and regulatory aspects of the private spaceflight business. He is currently...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... of satellite constellations for Earth observation to service the needs of the Mexican population and the operation of a spaceport for the launch of small payloads to low Earth orbit. This strategy is currently in place and will be complemented...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... about will drive related and substantial infrastructure spending on Earth as well as in space - in the form of spaceports, power plants, manufacturing facilities and supporting infrastructure. If we employ a little vision, it becomes clear that the...
