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...
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...
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...
