August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... and provide launch savings of several hundred million dollars. Communications satellites On-orbit assembly can also provide payoff for telecommunications in geostationary orbit (GEO). Consider the data distribution sector where the satellite is used...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...; it produces no greenhouse gases, radioactive waste, pollution, or scarring of the Earth for resources; and from geostationary orbit, it is most efficiently received at low latitudes, where much of the Earth’s population growth is occurring. Japan...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... measures to remove objects from low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) after the end of their ...knowledge could apply to tacit consent in the context of these in-orbit operations. ESA is planning the world’s first ever active debris ...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
...deployment mechanism. Debris mitigation LEO is one of the most commercially valuable regions of outer space (second only to geostationary orbit, GEO), and is situated between altitudes of about 150 km and 2000 km. The key letter in the acronym is the...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...on larger, more powerful and more expensive satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), but they faced the issue of longer...objects - including the Humanity Star and the presently hypothetical orbital advertising displays - purely in order to be seen from...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... debris. For LEO, current guidance is that an asset should be safely de-orbited in a controlled fashion to burn up on re-entry. For satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), the guidance is to place end-of-life hardware in a much higher ‘graveyard...
