March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... all insurers and satellite owners, with more than 200 dead satellites in geostationary orbit. Of even greater concern for operators with assets in lower Earth orbits is the additional threat of collision from thousands of launch vehicle spent parts...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... that prevents it being controlled from the ground. This has great value in different situations. In the case of geostationary orbit, where narrow slots are assigned to operators, a satellite has to be removed in order to make way for the newer...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... impossible. This could be the case not only for LEO, but also for medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO). So, it is absolutely imperative that we tackle the issue of congestion and debris in space before LEO constellations...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
..., all these satellites will need to be launched. Launch providers, already suffering from a downturn in the traditional geostationary orbit (GEO) launch market, will be relieved. The world’s main commercial launch providers are hoping to make up for...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
...km above the planet). But that’s where it stopped. As of today, no one has found a way to make space beyond geostationary orbit ‘pay’. In a bid to remove this logjam by kick-starting commercial initiatives intended to carry our economic activity even...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...). Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJS) TJS is a series of Chinese satellites that have been deployed in geostationary orbit since 2015 and presented by Chinese authorities as telecommunications satellites. Specific features have not been published and...
