... an increase of 4.79 percent compared to 2017. The fact is that space is already crowded - and it’s getting worse. With multiple low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation launches planned in the coming months and years, the number of satellites...
... Starlink satellites by the end of 2020, it will single-handedly increase the number of operational satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) by 50 percent. SpaceX has received regulatory authorisation for 12,000 Starlink satellites, and recently sought...
... key strategic sites, such as low Earth Orbit, would necessarily attain control over Earth. This is summed up in Dolman’s dictum, “Who controls low-Earth orbit controls near-Earth space. Who controls near-Earth space dominates Terra. Who dominates...
... starting point for much-needed international cooperation on issues affecting the space environment. A stack of smallsats in low Earth orbit. Ecological paradigm Users of space need to consider the impact of their activities upon the unique and...
... around six months’ worth of food, and there are regular shipments to resupply it in low Earth orbit (LEO). Once you start increasing the distance from Earth, resupply is not a viable option. The Moon, at a distance of 384,000 km, is a thousand times...
...space as being vast, the bits that we use, particularly the areas around Earth, are actually quite constrained and fragile. Low Earth orbits (LEO), where we find Earth observation satellites and the new broadband range of satellites, is quite a small...