March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... twenty to thirty such satlets will be assembled in orbit. How to cooperate on Earth? In order to provide effective satellite constellation operations and receive enormous volumes of ERS data, the creation of a global network of ground-based stations...
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 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...
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...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... for the past couple of years. Its orbital transfer vehicles have streamlined the deployment of small satellite constellations, reducing the time required from launch to operations by up to 85 percent and the cost for deployment of an entire...
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...
