June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
...extraordinary situation that space transportation has reached can be explained by looking at the history of spaceflight. The first satellites in the 1950s were launched using converted ballistic missiles, as these were the first objects able to reach...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... up from Earth. Instead, most of them will be 90 percent manufactured on ‘outposts’; the software will be uploaded and you’ll do satellite deployment on demand from orbiting platforms, not from launch vehicles. You’ll use the launch vehicles to send...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... refuelling infrastructure, both chemical and electrical. Planning in-orbit servicing and maintenance missions is difficult as the original satellites were never designed to be maintained. SBSP will be designed for this and help to pave the way for...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
... its intended environment. The project's aim is quite simply; point the satellite at a piece of space junk, fire a net at it, capture ... Station to test its effectiveness, the 100 kilogram satellite did just that. It successfully deployed its onboard ...
