November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with the Intelsat 901 communications satellite marking a new era of in-orbit servicing (IOS). The MEV is designed to assist up to eight spacecraft over a 15-year operational lifetime. IOS could prove...
17 September 2018
IAI and Effective Space in technological and financial cooperation
... design. Effective Space is developing a unique, small spacecraft to extend the life of satellites in orbit, based on the vision to provide logistics services in the rapidly growing space economy. To this end, it has developed a unique and patented...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... designed to be maintained. SBSP will be designed for this and help to pave the way for new international in-orbit service standards and industry-standard interfaces. As these space shipping containers arrive at the SPS construction site, they...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... and transparency, global standards and legally binding agreements, end of life protocols, active debris removal, in-orbit servicing, in-space recycling, less polluting spacecraft materials, and raising public and stakeholder awareness. Detecting and...
27 April 2018
Another milestone for the SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft
...and Ariane 6 launcher families, is already a leader in state-of-the-art propulsion technologies and the Arclight’s customisable in orbit service modes will assist the SPACE DRONE™ in completing its various mission phases. Speaking of the announcement...
24 February 2025
Sustainability plan for boosting spacecraft longevity
...Luxembourg National Space Programme (LuxIMPULSE) and the Luxembourg Space Agency, the mission is set to revolutionise in‐orbit servicing. The project aims to dock with and extend the operational life of geostationary satellites approaching retirement...
