April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
...communications satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) or commercial Earth observation satellites in sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). ... resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft. Orbital launch dataset Typically, a spacecraft suffers anomalies in the...
18 October 2017
Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite breaks record
... operation strategy and the plasma thruster technology we implement, we have completed the fastest electric orbit raising ever from transfer to geostationary orbit, which will allow Eutelsat to put their electric satellite in service in a record time...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... around Earth. Enabling missions So, what can be done to introduce some flexibility and adaptability into the geostationary orbit as well? Answers to this question are starting to emerge as mission planners look at the possibility of servicing large...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... of New Glenn. Commercial markets With New Glenn we’re looking at four key segments in the commercial market: geostationary orbit (GEO), non-geostationary, low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations and other non-GEO constellations. The traditional...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...and ultraviolet/near infrared sounding observations from geostationary orbit that will result in three-dimensional information ... be positioned over the same longitude in their geostationary orbits. The sounding element will also host the Copernicus...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... services. Today, most commercial satellites are covered for launch and in-orbit lifetime, which is typically up to 15 years for a communications satellite based in geostationary orbit (GEO) and usually 10 years or less for a spacecraft in low Earth...
