Space based power and other Skylon news

by Rob Coppinger | Dec 15, 2009 | Seradata News | 1 comment

For all those space based solar power enthusiasts that I know are out there you might be interested in Reaction Engines’ report Solar Power Satellites and Spaceplanes: The SKYLON Initiative.

It is one of a number of updates to the website in the latter half of this year that has seen a flurry of activity for the small UK firm, including opening a new factory, moving offices, acquiring engineering companies and REL founder Alan Bond’s Royal Aeronautical Society Brabazon lecture

credit Reaction Engines / caption: The Skylon personnel cum logistics module concept

For keen followers of the single stage to orbit Skylon vehicle there is also a user’s guide for the C2 version of the spaceplane on the REL homepage. However Hyperbola understands that a D1 version is in the pipeline with substantially more capability. Go here for more technical detail about Skylon technical issues

About Seradata

Seradata produce the renowned Seradata database. Trusted by over 100 of the world’s leading Space organisations, Seradata is a fully queryable database used for market analysis, failure/risk assessment, spectrum analysis and space situational awareness (SSA).

For more information go to https://www.seradata.com/product/

The US$3.1 billion offer Intelsat could not refuse from rival SES

SES will acquire its rival satellite operator Intelsat for US$3.1 billion in cash. The deal, expected to close in the Read more

Launches in April 2024

!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r

Thuraya-3 satellite’s comms payload fails in orbit

Middle Eastern satellite operator Yahsat’s subsidiary Thuraya has lost the communications payload on one of its satellites. The Thuraya-3 communications Read more