October 2025
Satellite technology - from operational challenges to strategic opportunities
... complex antenna patterns, predict interference scenarios, optimise RF system performance and evaluate the effectiveness of shielding. Structural analysis through simulation helps engineers design satellites that can survive the intense mechanical...
October 2025
Pioneering affordable and flexible access to near space
...re-entry and recovery systems, which involves drop tests from 25-35 km altitude. It supports testing of heat shields, aerodynamic decelerators, parachutes and structural integrity during terminal descent. The ability to repeat tests with high ...
10 July 2015
ISS conference: Elon Musk, space station retirement plans, and uncertainty after 2024
... only people asking about the explosion were journalists. “I think there’s definitely a sense of resilience,” said Ken Shields, director of flight operations and educational opportunities at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space. “There...
07 June 2016
A green light for the LISA Pathfinder mission
... blocks to an accuracy of 10 picometres (1 picometre is equal to one millionth of a millionth of a metre). The spacecraft also acts as a shield, to guard the cubes from any unwanted external interference. “We shrunk the arm of a large gravitational...
