12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... of Sunday morning, the two-stage Electron launch vehicle successfully separated to off-load satellites for Spire Global, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Fleet Space Technologies and the Irvine CubeSat Stem Program. Hoping to eventually take away...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... dual use implications complicate the international cooperation and regulatory aspects of this vital capability. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are a more recent technology but have quickly become a vital utility for our interconnected...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... individual or small batches of small spacecraft. The Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft is released from its carrier. Pegasus is currently the only active small launcher...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... universal ports will allow for both quick disconnection and replacement of failed systems and augmentation and upgrade of existing satellite systems by any robotic satellite servicing vehicle. This open architecture will allow more frequent and cost...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... to pick up faint signals from remote, battery powered devices. To find the most cost-effective satellite system Lacuna Space launched a satellite earlier this year and plans three more by year end. The risk of LEO/GEO interference...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... spacecraft). In fact, Planet, which operates the largest remote sensing satellite system in the world with some 150 satellites in orbit, has already adopted remote satellite operation. A normally busy Frankfurt airport looks almost deserted amid the...
