26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
...next evolution of the commercial space paradigm by creating the first ever crewed private sector platform in low Earth orbit. The Orbital Reef will carry forward the singular legacy of the ISS, supporting innovative microgravity research, development...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
...systematically tracked have a size greater than 10 cm diameter in low Earth orbit (LEO) and greater than 1 m in geosynchronous orbit (GEO). This means that the whereabouts of the majority of orbital debris is unknown. Space agencies and companies are...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
...exploration of deep space, the primary purpose of SLS is to enable NASA’s journey to Mars and propel humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in almost half a century. The initial configuration of SLS - Block 1 - will be capable of delivering...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... policies. In this article, the authors suggest inter- and intra-swarm communication architecture based on a CubeSat swarm low-Earth orbit (LEO) mission with four main types of data link. Increasing demand for small satellite constellations requires...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... the 6U (12 × 24 × 36 cm) the size of a brief-case. To date more than 800 nanosatellites have been launched into low Earth orbit (LEO), with a majority of launches after 2010 by new and emerging players including commercial startups, universities and...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
... in Dream Chaser, a reusable, multi-mission space utility vehicle capable of transporting payloads and people to and from low-Earth orbit and the ISS. Currently SNC is building a cargo version of the Dream Chaser. It will be the only commercial...
