01 September 2016
Mega-constellation deployment to be discussed at IAC 2016
... their plans to deploy large low-Earth orbit satellite constellations. Both constellations are to be deployed at high-inclination orbits. The OneWeb constellation will consist of 720 satellites operating at 1200 km altitude and in 18 different orbit...
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...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... This seemed an appropriate name for these newly discovered objects, and so they became known as satellites. An incvreasing number of satellite constellations in coming years will need focused and specific global traffic magaement rules. Once Sputnik...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... by the launch of very large commercial satellite constellations, and it shows no sign of slowing down. Just one such constellation, Starlink, will have more satellites when it is completed than all the satellites that were launched by all nations...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... which is crucial for missions beyond Earth orbit and for managing increasingly large and complex satellite constellations. Cybersecurity challenges AI techniques are vital for tasks such as automated object detection and classification in EO imagery...
May 2026
Satellite brightness and the mitigation challenge
... costs, because the space sector has historically hidden behind corporate confidentiality Applied to a representative 100 satellite constellation in the 250 kg class with a seven-year mission lifetime, the framework reveals what compliance may...
