October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... life for up to six months, and reduce the costs of post-mission disposal, especially for large satellite constellations. At the moment it is not possible to recuperate objects in space, so a dedicated system must be integrated before launch...
September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... launch. It plans to offer global internet coverage and to have the network operating by 2024. OneWeb has an 800-satellite constellation planned for 2020, again focused on global broadband, while Google and Samsung are also mulling similar...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...-ups with GPS alternative and cybersecurity solutions. For example, Seraphim’s portfolio company ArQit is building a satellite constellation using quantum key distribution for cybersecurity applications, whilst another, Xona Space Systems, is looking...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... regular communication between Earth and the Asgardian satellite through NSL’s EyeStar S2 Simplex and Duplex radios and Globalstar’s 30 satellite constellation, regardless of the satellite’s position in orbit. “There is nothing and nobody standing...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... ludicrous. SpaceX’s attempts to find new sources of revenue also appear to be proving deeply problematic because the broadband satellite constellation business now seems to be in even more dire straits than the launch business. Need for BFR? Rumours...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
...Londonregistered OneWeb was in the process of building a mega-constellation of 648 satellites in order to achieve full global coverage by the ... manufacturing its next-generation satellite constellation, which will have its first launch early in 2021...
