August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...Scorpion constructing a large, crewed communications hub in geostationary orbit. Enter the Scorpion The Scorpion concept was of...space. The Scorpion can deliver over 500 tonnes to geostationary orbit or the Earth/Moon Lagrange points on each mission ...
08 March 2016
Falcon 9 Successfully Launches SES-9
... for launch for the fall of 2015. The Boeing-built SES-9 will operate at 108.2 degrees east in geostationary orbit. The spacecraft’s 81 Ku-band transponders will provide communications services for parts of Asia, Australia and the Middle...
07 August 2019
Successful launch of the second SpaceDataHighway satellite
...SpaceDataHighway network (also known as EDRS, European Data Relay System), has been successfully launched into geostationary orbit at 31° East by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. After a test period, it will double transmission capacity...
February 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
..., the United States government has vigorously prosecuted any individual thought to have obtained any lunar samples. Geostationary orbit has become its own economy, and parties involved in this sector have the full expectation that...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
...a specific (niche) market; the development of satellite constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) based on smallsats, replacing the previous satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO). We can relate this to an underlying rationale to bring products to the...
26 September 2017
First Asian company partners with Blue Origin
... using space based solutions. According to its long term plan, the company will launch its own geostationary orbit satellite in 2021. It also has ambitions to become the first company to offer space tourism in Asia. “mu Space also...
