24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
... said Holger Krag, Head of ESA’s Space Debris Office and conference chair. And, with the rise of mega constellations containing thousands of satellites that will be deployed into a low orbit, this problem will only be exacerbated by an unsustainably...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
... Emirates may also launch its Mars Hope orbiter. SpaceX will continue to launch its controversial Starlink mega-constellation and its Crewed Dragon capsule is set to send a human crew to the International Space Station in the coming...
23 September 2020
Third move for the ISS this year to avoid space debris
... problem is only set to rise as the skies are becoming increasingly more crowded. Not only will satellite mega constellations flood low-Earth orbit with thousands of units, space-faring nations conducting anti-satellite missile launches...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
...increase as tens of thousands of satellites are launched into orbit over the coming years, many as part of so called mega constellations in low Earth orbit,” he said. “So far we have been lucky but we would be foolish to rely on luck to keep to space...
09 June 2016
GLIS 2016: A New Era of Connectivity through Space
...of connectivity. A combination of factors, such as the implementation of the UN Space Development Goals, the deployment of new mega constellations and the launch of new digitalized systems will strongly contribute to reaching this goal. International...
09 October 2018
Countdown to London’s Global MilSatCom conference
... conclusion of the Wideband AoA, the addition of new enduring capability for Skynet 6 and a new era of LEO mega-constellations set to provide new COMSATCOM bandwidth for military partners. It is in this is the context that SMi Group is hosting...
