... if we only fly as secondary payloads,” said Garrett Skrobot, lead for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission for NASA’s Launch Services Programme. “These are still experimental satellites, but the technology they are employing...
... and reliability, creating additional commercial opportunities and increased demand for launch services. While this cycle has the potential to significantly reduce launch costs even further, it will ultimately face limitations if the focus of the...
...to provide a full spectrum of CubeSat missions from design to launch service, including standalone subsystems sold through its web shop, know as... of these commercialised Gecko imagers was scheduled for launch in late 2018. Gaia 3U satellite with Gecko...
... the satellite owner The insurance market for the commercial space industry is global. Satellite owners, manufacturers, launch services providers, insurance brokers, and underwriters, are all involved in establishing the insurance for any commercial...
... satcoms operators reduces profitability, putting pressure on satellite prices, which is also transferred to satellite integrators, launch service providers and equipment suppliers. New technologies, capabilities and entrants into the market, both...
... the industry has grown to embrace rideshare launch services, we must evolve to embrace the multi-mission ground segment as a service model. Even a decade ago it was virtually unheard of to launch ‘secondary’ payloads along with a larger satellite...