by David Todd | Nov 6, 2013 | Satellites, Technology
Commercial communcations satellite operator Inmarsat which operates a fleet of satellites in Geosationary Earth Orbit (GEO) has teamed up with low Earth orbit satellite operator ORBCOMM Inc. to collaborate on ajoint project to produce a new system to cover the...
by David Todd | Nov 5, 2013 | Satellites, Technology
The bankrupt firm LightSquared is reported to be sueing major players in the GPS industry including Deere & Co and Garmin International in a New York court over their alleged non-disclosure that there would be interference issues with its planned satellite-based...
by David Todd | Oct 31, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Technology
A heavy-lift launch vehicle is viewed as one of the core capabilities needed for long range space exploration and both NASA and China’s space programme have committed to building this type of launch vehicle. To stop the Russian space programme falling behind,...
by David Todd | Oct 29, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Technology
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovJUvkO55E[/youtube] In a telephone press conference, Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president for Sierra Nevada’s space systems division confirmed that the Dream Chaser aerodynamic prototype (officially known as the...
by David Todd | Oct 28, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight, Space Shuttle, Technology
The Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser, one of the commercial spacecraft hoping to be used to provide regular transportation services to NASA astronauts has had its first glide test after being airdropped from a helicopter – and crashed on landing. The pilotless test...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2013 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
With cubesat kits now generally available for Universities and Companies to build for affordable prices (tens of thousands rather than tens of millions of dollars), 10 cm wide cubesats and their muli-unit sisters now dominate the 1-10kg nanosat class of satellites. ...
