January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... demonstrate a UK-developed robotic arm in orbit, validating technologies that will form the backbone of the wider in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) market. ClearSpace founders Luc Piguet and Muriel Richard-Noca Holistic approach...
29 September 2022
UK gives space junk clearance missions priority funding
... the UKSA, ESA and OneWeb, the global satellite operator. The ELSA-M multi-client debris removal space servicer will be launched ahead of the UK’s Active Debris Removal mission in late 2024. Debris removal is expected to be the fastest...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... of a spacecraft in the laboratory. He also initiated the FREND programme, which developed a flight prototype robotic arm for space servicing missions, now being used on both RSGS and NASA’s Restore-L mission. He has held research and management...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... testing of more complex systems for the larger XL orbital rocket and it will also be capable of offering commercial space services in its own right. The SK-1 is 10.9 m tall with a diameter of 71 cm and weighs 2.3 tonnes when fully fuelled at launch...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
.... Image of the Chukchi Sea acquired by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite in June 2018. Downstream space services could benefit the ground-based economy and help to mitigate our environmental impact on the planet. Government...
23 May 2023
Canada to develop wildfire monitoring mission
...world and processed quickly to identify current and future risks,” said Frank Frulio, General Manager of Spire Space Services. “We are delighted to be collaborating with OroraTech on another exciting project, building upon the momentum generated from...
