July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... disadvantaging UK manufacturing. In a consultation document on CubeSats promulgated in June 2015, the UK Space Agency ... OSA regulatory regime was not well suited to deal with CubeSats. Section 4 of OSA provides the statutory authority for the...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... by undergraduate students. This occurred just one year after the first CubeSats were placed in orbit, at a time when the popularity of ...debris, Planet and Spire, the two largest commercial CubeSat operators, have self-imposed rules to ensure that ...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
...almost as quickly as their satellites can collect it. Radix demonstrates technology for an optical data relay system. The CubeSat downlinks data to the ground using laser communication. Such optical communication downlinks increase the timeliness and...
28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
... class satellite that demonstrates attitude stabilization by use of aerodynamic forces. The satellite body itself is a 2U CubeSat structure with an additional empty 1U compartment for aerodynamic stabilization. The Lomonosov satellite was developed...
28 September 2018
CubeRover to develop low-cost, revolutionary rover in Luxembourg
Just as the CubeSat has transformed the satellite industry, could the CubeRover..., CEO of Astrobotic. CubeRovers are very much like their high-flying cousins, CubeSats, in that they use standardised commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, enabling...
December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
...’s specialists began, including work on introducing Skolkovo residents to industry enterprises. The Dauria Aerospace team building a CubeSat To date, the total amount of approved grants to Skolkovo residents is approximately RUB 700 million. A few...
