... international nature of the resulting marketplace supporting CubeSats. It’s hard to realise that prior to the emergence of the CubeSat standard, Surrey Space, Ltd. and its class of satellites down to about 100 kg, were considered the smallest useful...
...next level of abstraction. Almost nobody builds their own satellite standard anymore – it doesn’t make sense to re-invent the... more than 200 CubeSats from the International Space Station. The second standard, PocketQube, is a 5 cm cube with a mass of ...
... the need to ensure hardened protection against solar and cosmic radiation. ESA’s CryoSat-2 satellite uses an Agency-standard ERC32 computer. Writing code that runs on this microprocessor today is equivalent to programming for a mass-market PC circa...
...-bound systems should be the first step, followed by the design and deployment of astronomical devices built to specific standards. These design regulations could be a pathfinder for the more sophisticated systems that follow - just as they are...
... after attending the launch of a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Even so, there is no global standard on how to respond to a viral contagion that may affect a wider population. The closest may be the Planetary Protection...
... for various projects and customers at a reduced cost of manufacturing, coupled with the advantage of the ability to use standard commercially available launch vehicles. The project is very much in line with the goals of ESA’s space exploration...