March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
...to support R&D processes. Since the compact Gecko imaging payload first flew in 2017 as a technology demonstrator on the nSight-1 satellite, SAC and ISIS worked to package the imager as a standalone RGB imaging payload for closely integrated CubeSats...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... of these orbits, which all cross Earth’s poles, create the perfect condition for high-speed collisions. Satellite servicing includes several operations: transportation, life extension, phasing, repair and maintenance and disposal Consider the...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
... In a blog written by Sarah Sheard, for Carnegie Mellon University in 2014, it was predicted that the future development of satellites would require bringing in software engineers as partners from day one but up until now, the technological challenge...
October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
... European ground station locations. Advantages of Ka-band Traditional satellite networks operate at lower frequency bands, such as ... efficiency is low, which limits the overall satellite capacity. If a satellite uses spot beams, the same frequency can...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... of disaster. We run Access to Space4All programmes under which we help non-space faring nations launch their first satellites and a host of other thematic programmes and initiatives around Space4Women, Water, Climate, etc, designed to help countries...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... manufacturing plant being developed by Blue Origin and OneWeb hopes to start manufacturing in 2017, with the first 10-satellite launch scheduled for late 2017 or early 2018. The full constellation is expected to be in orbit by the end of 2019...
