October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
... Russian space sector continues to be largely state-dominated but that could change in the near future. From small satellites to a lunar base, the Russian business sector has big plans, and could save governments a lot of money...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... for EChO with flight proven spacecraft systems designed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, a world leader in building and operating commercial small satellites, we saw an opportunity to develop an innovative, independent new model for astronomy...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... are currently around 70 per year. This is in addition to the general increase in space traffic in LEO mainly fuelled by small satellites and cubesats as well as nanosats, which grant cheaper access to space. Even before these recent trends, space...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... facilities. Australia’s role Australia not only has the geography, stability and knowledge to manufacture and launch small satellites from its own soil but has existing commercial and research enterprises actively involved in key areas...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
... clouds. A compressed ICEYE-X1 SAR image of George Town, Malaysia. The reason the idea of placing SAR technology on a small satellite has been previously unimaginable is related to the complexity of such systems as a whole. It has not been for a lack...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... provide global coverage via a large, or mega-constellation, of closely connected small satellites using inter-satellite links to adaptively route traffic, starting and ending with very small terminals at each end. This eliminates the need for the...
