By Adam Smith, The Independent - 27th January 2021 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon are currently locked in a battle over their satellite projects. Both companies are entering the satellite broadband market. SpaceX has been developing its Starlink programme, while Amazon will launch 3000 satellites under ‘Project Kuiper’. While
An artist's impression of space debris and defunct launcher stages in the geostationary ring. Aging satellites are known to release debris and explosions can occur due to residual energy sources. (Photo credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL) By Nitin Sreedhar, Published in Mint Lounge - 16 January 2021 Earth's orbit has become so crowded
Regulators worry that the ITU’s current bring-into-use rules make it too easy for companies to warehouse spectrum, potentially tying up valuable non-geostationary satellite orbit frequencies for years without introducing new satellite services. Credit: OneWeb artist's concept by Jeff FoustPublished in Space News - 14 January, 2021 WASHINGTON — OneWeb says
Could future military space vehicles be driven by nuclear power? (United Launch Alliance) By: Aaron Mehta, Published in Defense News - 13 January, 2021 WASHINGTON — In the waning days of his administration, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at pushing the Department of Defense toward
Intuitive Machines will launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission, carrying a set of NASA payloads, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than 2022. Credit: Intuitive Machines by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News - 13 January, 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX secured contracts Jan. 13 for the launches of a
By Jillian Ambrose, Published in the Guardian - 12 January 2021 Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency hope to ‘revolutionise space travel’ with deal to build nuclear propulsion engines British spacecraft could travel to Mars in half the time it now takes by using nuclear propulsion engines built by Rolls-Royce under
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX By Kate Duffy, Published in Business Insider - 11 January 2021 The UK has given the green light for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, and users in the country have already received their kit for
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News - January 9, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will allow SpaceX to launch 10 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on an upcoming mission, but deferred a
