KazSTSat and VESTA, two small satellites designed and manufactured at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), are due to launch on Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express Mission on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base later this month. KazSTSat is a small Earth observation satellite jointly developed by Read more…
NOAA’s GOES East and GOES West aren’t just part of an esteemed pair of sister satellites, they also belong to an international group of allies in the sky. While GOES East and West keep watch over the Western Hemisphere, their foreign counterparts on the other side of the world image Read more…
The international conference “Commercialisation of Space – Realising UK Goals for Innovation and Growth” organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society and sponsored by BARSC member Telespazio VEGA UK, was held in London on 21-22 November 2017. Luigi Pasquali, CEO of Telespazio, illustrated the far-reaching changes that the innovative development process Read more…
Annual update from BARSC member Pixalytics on the number of satellites currently orbiting the Earth shows an 8.91% increase since last year. According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), there are 4,635 satellites currently orbiting the Read more…