October 2025
Pioneering affordable and flexible access to near space
...Near Space Testing (NST). Stratospheric platforms operating at altitudes of 20-30 km offer a compelling alternative to both satellites and drones. In contrast to traditional orbital systems, they are less expensive to deploy and more easily recovered...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... be reduced to less than 1 m/s and this can be achieved by damping the motion of each object using shepherding robotic drones. This is because the collision timescale is inversely proportional to the relative velocity and slower objects will collide...
26 October 2015
Luminati Aerospace and Long Island: a revival for local industry?
... of Luminati, a start-up that has its roots in Brooklyn, getting the management deal. Luminati proposes building communication drones for a major client – but the client’s name, so far, has not been revealed. Local media has...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... satellite, although due to a landing leg breaking in a hard landing, the attempt to land the rocket booster on the drone ship has apparently failed. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
... be easily supported by airports. Lightweight aerogel as a foundation for form-fitting antenna This idea addresses the issue of drones flying in the National Airspace System, which are currently required to be operated within the radio line of sight...
28 November 2016
UK capital investment company initiates pioneering space technologies fund
... space applications such as robotics, nanomaterials and artificial intelligence and those which rely on satellite data such as drones. It will also help fill the funding gap that often exists when a space company or start-up first...
