February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... space industries of many spacefaring countries. Among the reasons for this admittedly guarded welcome is the promise of in-orbit servicing (IOS) to resolve at least some of the many sensitive issues faced by the space community today, including the...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... trillions of dollars in 20 years’ time. In January this year, market research firm, Northern Sky Research, published its In-Orbit Servicing Markets report that concluded that by 2028 the market will be worth US$3 billion, with life extension driving...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... barriers, it relies on one or more systems that are largely unproven technologies. By contrast, the related technology of on-orbit servicing (OOS) is already a reality on the International Space Station (ISS) in the form of the station’s robotic...
27 November 2020
Russia's Energia says ISS is close to ruin, nation should build its own space station instead
...is necessary “to revise the terms of further participation in the program” and focus on the implementation of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which is currently being developed at RSC Energia. ROSS is expected to consist of three to seven...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... underwriting decisions and premium requirements for satellites with such features. The down-side of on-orbit servicing Whilst the benefits of on-orbit servicing are clear, and the technology goals attainable, there are other challenges that have...
March 2019
The changing economics of space
... challenging but ultimately with lucrative potential. In this new, commercial and competitive regime the most successful in-orbit servicing technologies will be those that are most widely applicable to candidate spacecraft, and those that are the...
