... of by direct re-entry, passivation is not required. This leads to simpler end-of-life operations and less complex satellite system design. Finally, a dedicated and independent decommissioning device increases significantly the chances of disposing...
... that some sort of cosmic protective engineering might be possible. A deployable magnetic system at the L-1 Lagrangian point coupled with a solar power satellite system might be able to provide a type of shielding that could also transmit solar...
... anticipate and understand threats. Airman Ashley Risk (foreground) and Airman 1st Class Jasper Platt oversee a satellite system procedure at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. They are space ground link operators with the 4th...
... while at the same time supporting the advancement of fundamental technologies for satellite systems. Poland has the potential to greatly increase the practical use of such systems in the public sector - the main barrier at the inception of POLSA was...
... in Earth orbit, and an increasing number of private companies operate commercial satellite systems, either in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), where most telecommunications satellites are located, or in LEO, which are widely used for meteorology and...
... R. Radhakrishnan, W. W. Edmonson, F. Afghah, R. M. Rodriguez-Osorio, F. Pinto and S. C. Burleigh. Survey of Inter-Satellite Communication for Small Satellite Systems: Physical Layer to Network Layer View; IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol...