29 April 2020
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
... for a 12U bus to carry NASA's payload into low Earth orbit (LEO) including an approximately 800 square foot (74 square...demonstration using NanoAvionics' 12U bus will be the first ever in-orbit trial of NASA's composite booms as well as sail packing ...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... launch vehicles was a horizontal air-launch system. The then Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus is a three stage, solid propellant launcher capable of placing up to 443 kg into low Earth orbit (LEO). Pegasus first flew in 1990, long before SpaceX inspired...
12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
... dynamic membrane spacecraft with a ultra-high power-to-weight ratio that can be used for the removal of orbital debris in low Earth orbit (LEO), a concept for reprogramming microorganisms that could use the Martian environment to recycle and print...
19 June 2017
"The most efficient rocket engine in the world" to be launched by ARCA
...to eventually use the engine in its Haas 2CA single-stage-to-orbit rocket (SSTO) – a rocket with exceptional mass ratio, that...SSTO Rocket is able to launch 100 kilograms of payload into low earth orbit at $1million per launch. One of the key factors ...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... only two moving parts and delivers enough total impulse (1,800 Ns with 1 kilogram of water) to maintain a CubeSat in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) altitude of 375 kilometres for more than five years. This represents a huge potential savings in satellite...
08 October 2020
Asgardia joins International Astronautical Federation
...CET), Lena De Winne will be moderating a high-profile session on the ‘ISS commercialisation and future industry innovation in low Earth orbit’, which will take the form of a conversation between industry leaders on how the International Space Station...
