At present, there are about 10,000 spacecraft encircling the Earth at altitudes of up to 2,000 kilometres. That isn’t very many, given the size of the Earth’s orbit, but the number is increasing all the time. Concerns have been raised that these satellites could collide. And – due to the Kessler effect – if they do, then the debris might collide with other debris, prompting a chain reaction that puts all satellites at serious risk.
02.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Volodymyr Levykin, CEO and Founder of Skyrora about "rocket science", the need for commercial rockets, spacejunk and the appeal of Scotland for business and life.
25.06.2024
No one needs to be told that the climate crisis gets more serious by the day. Every year is hotter than the last one. Extreme weather events are becoming commonplace.
19.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Daria Filichkina, COO at AstroAgency about creating a full service agency for the space sector, winning the Sir Arthur Clarke Award and the critical importance of developing self-awareness.
27.11.2023
Paul Ferretti spoke to Tom O'Sullivan, CEO of Animus Bytes, about the UK geospatial tech industry, learning from your mistakes and doing something you believe in.
08.11.2023
Open Cosmos the leading space tech business making satellites that gather data to solve pressing global challenges has just raised £39.6M in Series B funding from impact investors ETF Partners, Trill Impact and A&G.
11.09.2023
Vlad Sitnikov is on a space mission. He wants to put satellites into low-orbit to broadcast corporate logos or emergency messages to the citizens of cities, across the globe, each dawn and dusk. But first he needs to find the money.
22.08.2023
The fifth ActInSpace sparked into existence 410 potential startups. For the winners, this means a flight in zero gravity, and there could also be a French satellite system patrolling the skies.
22.06.2023
There I was, as a boy, my eyes riveted to the television my mind expanding by the second, and my imagination tingling, as music began over a starfield screen and William Shatner voiced those famous opening words, “Space, the final frontier…” So begins the introductory monologue to Star Trek, the original series, and so too did my obsession with the opportunity and possibility of humanity expanding beyond earth into space.
16.02.2023
A nascent environmentalism is taking root in the space sector. Whilst legacy space companies like Blue Origin operate under the fatalistic assumption that 'the Earth is finite' - turning space into an exploitable resource - a new wave of startups are looking into how best space technologies can assist sustainable development back on earth.
12.01.2023
As humanity is reaching for the moon and beyond, international hackathon competitions such as ActInSpace (AIS) are helping us to imagine and prepare for tomorrow’s world.
11.01.2023