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 2018
Servicing the space economy
... management, will be resupplied and upgraded for greater revenue. In the first phase of this new GEO economy, small satellites will provide the logistics required. Creating economic opportunity Why would anyone pay for a servicing spacecraft...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...(s). It realised that, while the UK builds a relatively large proportion of the world’s small satellites and is the second largest manufacturer of non-academic satellites in the world, it has no launch capability; indeed, it has not had a launcher...
