25 January 2019
OneWeb targets mid-February for launch of first satellites
... on a Soyuz rocket after OneWeb Satellites announced this week the delivery of the first satellites for its mega constellation to the French Guiana launch site. An Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will be launching the 150 kg satellites directly...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... in low Earth orbit (LEO), with companies from around the world looking to use these so-called mega-constellations to provide enhanced communications and unprecedented internet connectivity across the planet. The potential developments are on a scale...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
...few - and large numbers of spacecraft are launched each year to serve these needs, often in the form of constellations or mega constellations. Even though the size of satellites has decreased over the decades, their number has significantly increased...
April 2026
Robotics is the future of space labour
... first mission, it costs US$130,000 an hour for an astronaut to do work in space. With the launch of new satellite mega-constellations and commercial mspace stations, there is now more demand for science in orbit than ever before, and...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...and how SpaceX can close the business case for mega-constellations in the coming year. SpaceX’s ‘Better Than ...exponentially in the coming years with thousands of satellites from mega-constellations coming online. In fact, we are tracking about 200...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
... With large players such as Amazon, SpaceX, Telesat and OneWeb investing heavily in low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations, it’s clear that satellite has the potential to take seamless connectivity one step further by connecting consumers wherever...
