March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...the life of satellites approaching retirement due to lack of fuel. On-orbit servicing may one day change the economics of ... the market for refuelling older satellites, which with additional fuel could continue to operate and generate revenue. Even for...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...-of-mission. Due to this uncertainty, the operator faces the challenge of decommissioning a satellite that may have remaining fuel, which could have been used to extend its operational life and subsequent revenues. D-Orbit’s Decommissioning Device...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
.... The Planetary Resources website states, ‘In orbit, spacecraft propellant is a multi-billion dollar industry with each pound of fuel worth more than an equivalent pound of gold on Earth. Certain asteroids are loaded with hydrogen and oxygen...
August 2016
Rosetta overcomes major setback
...next 2.5 years. Of course the necessary amount of fuel for the trajectory manoeuvres, the maximum and minimum distance...interplanetary trajectory. This allowed us to save about 180 kg of the fuel we were carrying onboard, so that we could use part of ...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... of 1100 mT per year. NASA has also expressed an interest in 100mT of propellant per year purchased on the surface to fuel lunar ascent vehicles. Furthermore, assume NASA is willing to invest in the mining operations via a public-private partnership...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
...-flight and post-flight factors - for those to obtain fuel and produce detachable and lost sections. It sounds like a... use of rockets and the transition to new types of rocket fuel will not be able to solve these problems because to achieve the...
