October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
...’t get enough financing, retired from the contest and rebranded as Sensepace, which worked on docking systems for small spacecraft. A Selenokhod spinoff, RoboCV, used a computer “seeing system”, originally designed for a lunar rover, to build robots...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
..., the NanoSail-D, a 10 square metre sail that deployed from a 3U CubeSat in low Earth orbit. [A CubeSat is a small spacecraft built from modular 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm cubes, each cube being 1U. A 3U CubeSat is built from three 1U modules.] NanoSail...
17 September 2018
IAI and Effective Space in technological and financial cooperation
.... To this end, it has developed a unique and patented technology for rendezvous and docking to satellites in space through a small spacecraft called SPACE DRONE™. Effective Space is pioneering a new era in last-mile logistics in space that will see...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... to complete one orbit around the moon every two hours and 8 minutes and when the signature of a small spacecraft crossed the beam, the team knew they had found what they were looking for. "It turns...
12 August 2019
Communicating water-powered CubeSats tested in space by NASA
... that will allow for greater and more extended use of small spacecraft in and beyond Earth-orbit," said Roger Hunter, program manager of the Small Spacecraft Technology program. The 2.5 kilogram (5 pounds), 10x10x17 centimetre CubeSats are...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... can fill the fairing of single large rocket, but most of the time disruptive constellations are based on small spacecraft platforms. For these platforms, operators have a choice between a rideshare opportunity or taking a ride on a dedicated nano...
