September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... for in-orbit servicing (IOS) before launch will reduce servicing costs, while standardisation and modularisation of satellite design will help to facilitate the adoption of such services. OneWeb, for example, has already committed to fitting...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...development will be driven by SBSP and it will unlock routine satellite servicing missions. The implication is that satellite design can be revolutionised: not design for de-orbit, but design for maintenance, for upgrades, providing the blueprint for...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
... operate is inherently harsh. However, advances in materials science and satellite design have meant that the operational lifetime of a satellite in geostationary orbit, assuming no extraordinary solar activity, is determined more by its ability...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... analytics company OpenWhere, for its geospatial intelligence platform. Satellogic, a company developing a constellation of satellites designed to provide 1 m resolution optical and hyperspectral imagery, has raised US$80 million so far and launched...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...‘one unit’ or ‘1U’) measuring 10 x 10 x 10 cm. Such standardisation greatly simplifies and accelerates satellite design and development, and allows larger satellites to be constructed by combining multiple units together in a somewhat similar fashion...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... summit. Iran has also participated in APSCO’s practical programmes for data-sharing, optical satellite observation and small satellite design, hosting several APSCO events and giving it access to its other member countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh...
