February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...rest are either in LEO or in the medium Earth orbits (MEOs) used by GPS and other global navigation satellite constellations. Spatial density of orbital debris vs. altitude in Low Earth orbits. Orbital debris concern The proliferation of space debris...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... a wide array of communications services including AIS, ADS-B, IoT, etc. and small satellite constellations in EO for bringing in the four Vs of satellite big data. These services are already being planned by several NewSpace players around the world...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... commercial ambitions. Specifically, it was highlighted that insurance requirements on individual satellites would be wholly impractical for multiple satellite constellations. As the Bill continued its passage through Parliament, attempts at imposing...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
.... This problem is further complicated by the launch, or proposed launch, of tens of thousands of satellites in the form of large-scale (mega) satellite constellations in already crowded portions of low Earth orbits. Despite these urgent and pressing...
26 September 2017
Rocket Lab to fly Planet and Spire satellites on second test flight
... for this inaugural deployment attempt." Spire, the world's first commercial weather satellite constellation, adds two satellites to an existing constellation of Lemur-2 satellites that covers every location on earth over 100 times per day. The...
19 September 2019
Annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition returns to London
... Technology focus day on the 4th November at St James’ Court, London, which will explore developments in LEO small satellite constellations and how we can exploit these networks to deliver more capability on the ground. The focus day will...
