June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... scale manufacturing in space is prohibitively expensive. Such reasoning can only hold up for so long. As with all areas of technology, developments over time mean that products become cheaper and more readily available. This has already...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
...offshoot company from Carnegie Mellon University, Astrobotic Technology is a lunar logistics company that delivers ...which has transformed the economics of Low Earth Orbit satellite technology and allowed even school and university groups to take ...
27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... its inaugural End-of-Life Service, which will simulate capture of orbital debris and is designed to validate key technologies for end-of-life spacecraft retrieval and disposal services. This mission known as ELSA-d, comprises of a “Chaser” satellite...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
... able to provide both video and still images. Designated CARBONITE-2 by the manufacturers of the satellite, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), the prototype satellite was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle operated by the Indian...
29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... reported by the authorities. However, China are not planning on stopping there. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the space program, is aiming to carry out a further 12 launches before...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
.... Orbex chief executive Chris Larmour stresses that rocketry is no longer the experimental science it once was. Advances in technology have meant that it is now a matter of applying knowledge and expertise that already exists, rather than pushing...
