Articles for Small Satellites

Maine company plans to launch small satellites starting in 2025
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Maine company plans to launch small satellites starting in 2025

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state said they will start launches next year. The small satellite market currently relies on large companies, such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, for deployment of satellites, and that leads to long wait times, said bluShift CEO and founder Sascha …

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Startups are powering India's space odyssey 2.0
1 year, 11 months ago

Startups are powering India's space odyssey 2.0

Live Mint  

CHENNAI : Dhruva Space founder Sanjay Nekkanti’s obsession with satellites began early. “India’s share in the $440 billion global space market is just 2%," says Goenka. “Over 100 companies have come up in this sector and in 2022 they raised as much as $110 million, which is more than what private space players had raised cumulatively till 2021," says Goenka. …

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EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port
1 year, 11 months ago

EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

Associated Press  

KIRUNA, Sweden — The European Union wants to bolster its capacity to launch small satellites into space with a new launchpad in Arctic Sweden. European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the EU’s first mainland orbital launch complex on Friday during a visit to Sweden by members of the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm. …

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ISRO's first launch in 2022: PSLV-C52 successfully launches earth observation and two small satellites
2 years, 10 months ago

ISRO's first launch in 2022: PSLV-C52 successfully launches earth observation and two small satellites

Firstpost  

ISRO said EOS-04 was placed into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 6.17 am and after injecting EOS-04, the two small satellites INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD were also put into their orbits Sriharikota: Marking the first launch mission of the year 2022, Indian Space Research Organisation’s earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites were successfully …

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Year ahead: Will space advertising take off in 2022?
2 years, 11 months ago

Year ahead: Will space advertising take off in 2022?

Al Jazeera  

Plans to advertise from space have been around for decades, but the latest proposals have met fierce criticism. People want to pay for space advertising.” People want to pay for space advertising by Vlad Sitnikov, founder, StartRocket One key objection to these proposals is that they will contribute to light pollution from space, a problem that is growing even without …

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Elon Musk's SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit
3 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit

Daily Mail  

SpaceX has made history this week, after launching a record 143 spacecraft on a single mission. They included 133 commercial and government spacecraft, which were the first to be launched as part of SpaceX's SmallSat Rideshare Program - a programme providing access to space for small satellite operators. SpaceX's SmallSat Rideshare Program provides access to space for small satellite operators …

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