Recently, there has been an increasing interest for small satellites, thus, an increasing marked for small and cost-effective launchers to serve this marked. One of the new projects is the Small Innovative Launcher for Europe (SMILE), a cooperation project under the European Union Horizon 2020 project, coordinated by the Netherland Aerospace Centre (NLR). The project […]
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Developing of the Norwegian NorSat-3
With four small satellites monitoring the water-born traffic already in service, Norway has started working on the fifth satellite, NorSat-3. Traffic along the Norwegian coast is already immense and is expected to increase over the next years. This due to increasing traffic through lesser ice in the North East Passage and increasing […]
ICEYE – Small but Effective
Finland Launch Commercial Radar Satellite Services Through miniaturization of the SAR technology for satellites, the Finnish start-up company, ICEYE, has launched the first micro radar satellite in a constellation, which within a short time can deliver high quality pictures with a response time of six hours and a resolution of three metres. The first […]
Meeting Place for Suppliers of Very Small Units
Space Tech Expo Europe – the Meeting Place for Suppliers of Very Small Units All instruments, satellites included, that have been sent to space consist of a very large number of small units, developed and manufactured by specialized companies worldwide. The last week of October, some of these companies, mainly European, participated in the […]
Environmental Challenges in Space
Few people saw the consequences of lack of environmental efforts in the early start of the space era, but rubbish in space has now become a serious problem. Through more than fifty years of launching an increasing number of objects the most used orbital plane, Low Earth Orbit, or LEO, has so much space […]
Sensing a Friendly Space Race Between Neighbouring Countries?
Fact; Sweden and Norway Both Plan to Launch Small Satellites.
Ruag Space Sweden – World Leading Supplier of Satellite Adapters and Dispensers
When a satellite is about to be pushed into space, it is almost certain that a Swedish injector provides that final push. For decades, through development and production, the Swedish Ruag Space has gained excellent expertise and knowledge and now stands as the preferred supplier of satellite adapters and separation systems for nearly all […]
Sweden’s Largest Research Facility
“Make the Invisible Visible”
Living Planet Symposium 2016
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ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2016
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