Following the recent news that the U.S. government has issued a $150,000 dollar fine to Dish Network for leaving space debris in orbit, James Marques, the Associate Defense Analyst at GlobalData, […]
De-Orbit
EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-8, the world’s longest-serving meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit, moves to “graveyard orbit”
The world’s longest-serving meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit, EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-8, has been moved to the “graveyard orbit” after 20 years of life-saving service. Launched on August 28, 2002, Meteosat-8 was […]
Surrey Satellite Technology To Lead A Consortium Of Leading UK Companies For UK Space Agency Space Debris DeOrbit Mission
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has been selected to lead a UK Space Agency study to define the requirements for a complex mission to de-orbit two, non-operational, space debris targets. […]