July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...Bill and the focus on the needs of the small satellite market. Rocket Lab successfully reached orbit with the test... Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, Still Testing launched four small satellites for Planet and Spire. During the parliamentary passage of...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
...-2020s mission known as SPUR (Scattered nano Probes Unfolding Reconnaissance). SPUR will deploy a constellation of aeroshell-equipped small satellites into Martian orbit, which will then touch down across multiple sites on the red planet. The...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
..., Alba Orbital and Craft Prospect in Glasgow, along with a vibrant Earth observation ecosystem in Edinburgh. Indeed, more small satellites are built in Glasgow than anywhere in the world outside the US West Coast, and Edinburgh is positioning itself...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
...companies were founded to do a similar thing in the small satellite launch market. Across a broad spectrum of methodologies, propellant... project which hoped to reduce the cost of small satellite launch with the AirLaunch QuickReach rocket. Where the...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... vehicle and has complete control of the orbit, schedule, etc. Dedicated launch vehicles appropriately sized for small satellites that are currently operating include Pegasus, Minotaur-C, Vega, PSLV and Dnepr. Controlling the orbit and...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
...more than in previous years. This record-breaking number reflects the increase in multiple satellite launches of sub-10 kg CubeSat class of very small satellites (known as nanosatellites). There was another more ominous trend during 2018. In the year...
