October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... - in low, medium and high-altitude orbits - featuring hundreds or even thousands of small satellites. These changes are allowing satellite to rival terrestrial technology. It’s finally moving into the mainstream, adapting and transforming itself...
18 October 2016
Plans for first ever Space nation "Asgardia" announced today
... be free and direct. We see Asgardia's technical structure in three segments: one or several core satellites clusters of network-centric small satellites protective space platform We are not going to talk about technical aspects and details today...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
... to the idea that the spaceplane has been deploying small satellites during its latest mission. This has made some heads...Others have warned that “if the X-37B can be loaded with small satellites, it can also be loaded with weapons,” says Hong Kong...
03 August 2018
Space activity at Farnborough FIA 2018
... rocket and the Orbex start-up company will develop the small bio propane fuelled “Prime” launcher, built by Moog in the UK, for 150 kg sized small satellites . Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, the UK government is also providing £2.5 million...
21 November 2019
Orbex opens doors to Europe’s most modern rocket factory
... the end of 2019. While some launch solutions for small satellites require up to 200,000 kilos of fossil fuels, Prime...agreements with SSTL, the world’s leading manufacturer of small satellites and Astrocast, which is building a planet-wide Internet...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... which are considerably cheaper to build and launch than conventional satellites. Creating a new and still expanding market for small satellites. ESA is involved in multiple projects related to cubesats. One of these is OPS-SAT, a cubesat mission...
