August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... large hexagonal elements that are 4m across from one flat side to another Benefits of on-orbit assembly At a conceptual level, on-orbit assembly offers a number of advantages that may enable and enhance various types of space missions: An ability...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... of the flight’s first spacewalk, 22 April 2001, was a milestone for Canada and an important step for the on-orbit assembly of the arm. Based in the Shuttle control room, Steve MacLean had placed a Canadian flag on every console...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... and SC1 to create a ‘Space Bench’ when docked with SC1. The Space Bench will be a demonstrator for in-orbit assembly and be the core of an incrementally upgradable, in-space, facility that allows the UK space community to rapidly test innovative...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
...field, to reach their potential. There are strong British-based companies making advances in handling space debris, orbital assembly, micropropulsion, space manufacturing and space power. A national space strategy from government that builds on their...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... be launched with its BoL propellant load. Thus, a subsonic air-launched RLV that can support the orbital assembly scenario outlined in Figure 5 need only have a payload performance of 4 tonnes to LEO in order to address this entire market...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... sees its overall mission as ‘delivering the future of space’ by enabling, for example, satellite servicing and the in-orbit assembly of new facilities. As with many other aspects of space development, science fiction got there first; but eventually...
