08 January 2023
Spaceflight
... the gamut of spaceflight - from “dreams and military imperatives” and the “Cold War space race”, via science, exploration and the space infrastructure, to “Astroculture” and human spaceflight - in six pithy chapters. The account is predominantly...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... includes monies for the completion of SPIDER, a SPace Infrastructure DExterous Robot (SPIDER) that the robotic satellite servicing... was requested – for the establishment of the US’s new Space Force. This soon-to-be sixth military service can now be ...
17 September 2019
Open Cosmos announces development of ‘MANTIS’ satellite
... to the constellation. This will enable organisations of all sizes and sectors to not only leverage their own space infrastructure (developed and managed by Open Cosmos) but also benefit from additional datasets and services from satellites...
24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
... these objects have tremendous relative velocities, faster than a bullet, and can damage or destroy functioning space infrastructure, like economically vital telecom, weather, navigation, broadcast and climate-monitoring satellites,” said Holger Krag...
16 June 2020
Saber Astronautics selected for the Australian Space Agency Mission Control Centre
... of Australia’s Mission Control Centre. This project received grant funding from the Australian Government’s Space Infrastructure Fund. Branded as the “Responsive Space Operations Centre” (or RSOC for short), Saber will bring next generation...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...their relative technological immaturity have prevented their adoption in space. Now, however, high-temperature superconductors (HTS)... transfers will form a key part of the in-space infrastructure with the transportation of several tens of tonnes of...
