... 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...
... 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...
... 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 ...
... citizens. It offers information services that draw from satellite Earth observation and in-situ (non-space) data....climate. "EUMETSAT's established expertise as an operational meteorological satellite agency means we are well-placed to bring the ...
... and was in the middle of a three-month testing and instrument calibration period, when contact with the satellite was lost on March 26. According to Fujimoto, “During its initial operation it was working perfectly.” Hitomi’s problems, he said...
... of space technology ever developed, that has been years in the making, is at last ready to join its host satellite for launch by the end of next year. Aladin, is a state-of-the-art wind lidar that will fire...