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 ...
04 November 2024
Orbit Fab expands European network to accelerate in-orbit refuelling plans
... the number of non-functional satellites in orbit. By doing so, the firm will contribute to the protection of space infrastructure, including satellites that provide crucial daily services across multiple sectors - energy, logistics, maritime, mining...
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...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
... Australian technology (such as AI) on new satellites, businesses being able to provide components for new space infrastructure developed overseas, as well as our researchers working together on new technologies such as laser communications. Our...
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...
