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...
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...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
...’s OneWeb, as well as Google, Fidelity and SpaceX. Yaliny will deliver low-cost internet using 135 microsatellites and 9 reserve microsatellites. It’s headed up by Russian businessmen Vadim Teplyakov and Nikita Sherman, based in Hong Kong, and has...
