November 2018
Pole star rising
... for the implementation of the government strategy. Among the most ambitious, are SatRevolution, which intends to build a small satellite factory, and Creotech Instruments which is at the advanced stage of completing a clean-room facility. Once the...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...our understanding of any world we intend to visit is to return small samples to Earth. Having access to samples will allow scientists in...about small sample return from small lunar landers. One is the growth and maturation of the small satellite market...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
.... These have been held annually and at the first one I issued a challenge to see AI being tested on small satellites. We went on to do exactly that in launching last September PhiSat One, designed to demonstrate how onboard artificial intelligence...
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...
