... system as a whole remained intact. We would never have been able to mature the technology, grow our expertise in satellite manufacturing and operations, and expand our operational on-orbit fleet so quickly and effectively if we had simply manifested...
... fast. The most significant mass category within the future small spacecraft launch market appears to be from mini-satellites (100 – 500 kg). The deployment of mega-constellations by OneWeb and Planet will be the small spacecraft market growth...
... encoding schemes using software-defined radio or optical communications equipment. Launched in 2019, ESA’s OPS-SAT mini-satellite is a technology demonstrator, developed to test and validate radically new mission control systems and techniques. The...
... that market. Although the first one that we’re in the process of securing isn’t that small. It’s a 3.5 tonne geostationary mini-satellite platform (GMP-T) and is actually the larger end of our product spectrum. The reason for going to the...
... from the manufacturing phase to design The basic model comes from ESA’s Proba family of technology-demonstration mini-satellites, the first of which launched in 2001. The Proba NEXT mission is currently in development, a follow-up to the Proba...
... and is capable of carrying three payloads – a miniaturized mass spectrometer and two no-boom magnetometer systems. The mini satellite will use this technology to create a chemical and electromagnetic profile of the Earth's outer atmosphere. Dellingr...