The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will begin to develop a number of initiatives to help protect the planet’s orbital environment. This announcement pledged to develop a new standard for space sustainability which will be designed to encompass existing guidelines and principles in relation to space sustainability and fill the gaps in […]
Space Debris
A world premiere for Airbus as the company delivers the third radar for the Copernicus satellite
Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series which includes a new separation mechanism to help the spacecraft avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is now en route to Thales Alenia Space facilities in Rome, Italy, where integration and testing will occur. The satellite is scheduled for […]
Impulse Space secures million$$ that accelerates the firm’s path toward ‘access any-orbit’ missions
Impulse Space, Inc. has secured $10 million in funding by Lux Capital, a VC firm focused on emerging science and technology ventures. Following the recently raised $20 million seed round funding led by Founders Fund, this sets Impulse on an accelerated path toward its mission to provide agile, economic capabilities to access any orbit. Launched […]