January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... in low Earth orbit (LEO), with companies from around the world looking to use these so-called mega-constellations to provide enhanced communications and unprecedented internet connectivity across the planet. The potential developments are on a scale...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...the number of satellites placed into orbit, and the trend is set to increase with companies proposing satellite constellations of up to 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). This rapid increase in the infrastructure surrounding our planet comes...
25 January 2019
OneWeb targets mid-February for launch of first satellites
...-line OneWeb Satellites factory close to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. After the first satellites of the constellation launched, OneWeb plans to launch more than 30 satellites at a time on a monthly basis starting later in 2019 and will...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
...to take the greatest share. Microsatellites (10-200 kg), however, are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations. DIWATA-1 satellite is deployed from outside of the Japanese Kibo module on the ISS. Intended to observe Earth and...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...Smallsats are also set to transform the communications sector, with companies such as OneWeb and SpaceX proposing constellations of hundreds to thousands of smallsats placed in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide near-real-time broadband internet across...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... countries. Currently, there are plans to design and construct the next generation of AztechSats—now in the form of a constellation—following the same model of cooperation with NASA and involving Mexican universities. Dr Francisco Javier Mendieta Jim...
