09 July 2021
Skyrora launches challenge to de-orbit historic satellite
...British astronaut Tim Peake in issuing the call to government agencies, space companies and academia to develop a technical plan to de-orbit the 66 kg satellite. Skyrora’s own space tug orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) is set to play a significant role...
March 2019
The changing economics of space
... satellite systems around the world. More recently, he has provided business development support for a number of smaller space companies seeking to grow their businesses. His latest role, with Infinite Orbits, involves both technical and business...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... in modernising and re-purposing Air Force and NASA infrastructure In 2016, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announced that his space company Blue Origin had selected Florida as the site for the launch, manufacturing and support facilities for...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
...the southeast corner of the UK. In addition, this mostly belongs to specific space companies (apart from the National Space Test Facility at Harwell, operated by RAL Space). There is a need for the development of manufacturing capacity to support the...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
... V rockets. Now the OTV will hitch a lift on a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that SpaceX is surpassing its private space company roots to multitask as a military launch provider too - a contract that is no doubt a big deal and a very profitable one...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
...auspicious event. The OHB Group – one of the three leading space companies in Europe – signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Blue... that is designed to deliver payloads for governments, companies, universities, non-profits, and individuals at an ...
