19 July 2017
Mayak satellite set to shine the brightest
... be Mayak – a crowdfunding-financed satellite developed and recently launched from Russia. Mayak is a 3U Cubesat-standard microsatellite that measures only 10×10×30 centimetres in size, not so bright then you might be thinking? However, tucked away...
11 August 2017
Satellite launch demand to grow tenfold in next 20 years
...2036 identifies mega-constellations such as OneWeb, SpaceX and Planet Labs as the largest growth driver. While microsatellites (11-200kg) are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations, the report identifies that nanosatellites...
25 October 2016
Microsatellite launched by Shenzhou-11 mission
... satellite will orbit close to Tiangong-2, take high-resolution photos and carry out space experiments. The microsatellite weighs about 47 kilograms and has greater capabilities than the previous satellite launched by the Shenzhou-7 mission...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
... and expensive. Now Finnish company ICEYE has bold plans to change this with its constellation of SAR microsatellites. The core of SAR technology was developed in the 1950s and originally pursued as a military reconnaissance tool, in part...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...’ forecast to increase to 64 percent. SpaceWorks’ projections (see top of p45) show that more than 2,400 nano/microsatellites could be launched in the period up to 2023. The space community is working to reduce the launch cost for nanosatellites...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
..., and licensing procedures for space activity are being simplified. Finally, university teams that eventually become microsatellite businesses are not very common. Despite a significant amount of more or less widely broadcast announcements, there are...
