August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
...four different regions simultaneously. Due to the dynamic nature of end-user data distribution requests, these satellite systems typically achieve utilisation rates of only 60 to 70 percent. An increase in the number of antennas, without changing any...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... very early – in 1991 – under the Electronic Media Act. However, this law was limited to the authorisation of satellite systems and could not envisage that, 25 years later, new forms of space activity would be conducted under the...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... of the distance and places where terrestrial wireless simply cannot penetrate. So there is a huge opportunity for satellite systems in the mobile broadband marketplace where growth is currently at double digit rates. The Blue Moon lander, unveiled...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... Landspace, iSpace, OneSpace and Expace, and the satellite manufacturers Commsat, Space-OK and CGSTL. Some of these... coming years. In just over three decades China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) - named after the Chinese term for the Big ...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... our environmental impact on the planet. Government enthusiasm The development of new markets in high volume, low-cost satellite systems is extremely attractive The current UK government has retained this enthusiasm for space and is now realising its...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... by others. A similar model was developed by Russia (GLONASS), China (Beidou) and India, the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS). Europe developed a technical workaround to circumvent the dual use problem by part-funding its...
