September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... Earth and the Asgardian satellite through NSL’s EyeStar S2 Simplex and Duplex radios and Globalstar’s 30 satellite constellation, regardless of the satellite’s position in orbit. “There is nothing and nobody standing between us apart from the idea...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... fact is that space is already crowded - and it’s getting worse. With multiple low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation launches planned in the coming months and years, the number of satellites in orbit could grow at a staggering pace...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
...-funded research has suggested more than 30 small satellite operators plan to launch low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations before 2030, amounting to more than 7000 potential satellites However, the UK’s location with respect to its neighbours...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... one of its Aeolus spacecraft from colliding with Starlink 44, one of the first 60 satellites launched in SpaceX’s mega constellation, planned to be 12,000-strong by the mid-2020s. Manoeuvres use fuel, thereby diminishing the useful life of the...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... one of the leading and most well-funded broadband constellations, filed for bankruptcy in late March. Although the ...extend its lead with the launch of the new WorldView Legion constellation. The first batch of six satellites, still due for launch...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
...a need for a lunar orbiting data network, to enable lunar orbiting satellite internet services (similar to Earth orbiting constellations such as Starlink), and communications between Earth and the Moon. At TerraMetric we foresee the same process then...
