May 2024
The challenges of satellite communications on the move
... off-axis impacts can be actively minimised by the network and can be implemented whatever the orientation of the mobile platform. Hanwha Phasor’s Phasor A7700 satellite antenna has dual simultaneous receive channels and a single transmit channel...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... within budgetary constraints. NASA will be providing the ISRU payload instrumentation, including the drill, roving mobility platform and launch vehicle. The lander will be provided either through an international partnership or through a commercial...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...A previous pitch featured an Apollo launch tower and mobile platform, scaled to match the existing Saturn V kit, ... photographer and currently has some 10,000 images across several platforms including Getty Images and Science Photo Library. Note on ...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... ballistic missiles (ICBMs). They are therefore propelled by solid rocket motors and can be promptly launched from mobile platforms. The low cost of these launchers in combination with prompt response and good flight heritage make them...
02 October 2020
Nasa funds ICON to develop a 3D construction system for the moon
... on the Moon by 2024 – they also want to stay a while too. Plans for a lunar terrain vehicle, habitable mobility platform or lunar RV, and surface habitat on the Moon by the end of the decade are under discussion by NASA; ideas...
