April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
...flown on NorSat-TD, which will demonstrate laser communication in space. About the author Jon Harr, Director of Enterprise Development and National Space Infrastructure at the Norwegian Space Agency, leads efforts to develop and maintain a profitable...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... launches are usually provided by the Centre for Operation of Ground- Based Space Infrastructure (usually abbreviated as TsENKI), which is owned by Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, together with developers...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...are concerns about the increased complexity of refuelling, compared with the dock-and-thrust approach. US company Space Infrastructure Services (SIS) is taking the refuelling approach, aided by highly sophisticated robotic arms, with services planned...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... and solutions to analyse climate impact. Cyberattacks increase Cybersecurity has become critical in space and we expect to see more cyberattacks on space infrastructure in the coming year. Nation states and businesses are vulnerable to cyberattacks...
October 2026
Who will build humanity’s future in space?
... will also require workers with practical operational experience in extreme environments to support the maintenance and construction of space infrastructure. Today, the closest analogue to that future workforce may be beneath the surface of the ocean...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
... and importance is bound to increase, thereby opening up entirely new fields for space infrastructure and the services it can provide. At the same time, new space programmes are continuously being conceived, prepared and launched, making best use...
