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Very low Earth orbit is a range of orbital altitudes below 400 km (250 mi), and is of increasing commercial importance in a variety of scenarios and for multiple applications, in both private and government satellite operations.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint rocket venture, United Launch Alliance (ULA), plans to upgrade a version of its Vulcan rocket to challenge SpaceX's Starship in the low Earth orbit satellite ...
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Earlier this year, satellite launch startup Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 after failing to secure funding, laying off 85% of its workers. This month, the founders of Astra Space offered to ...
Super Low Altitude Test Satellite (SLATS) or Tsubame was a JAXA satellite intended to demonstrate operations in very low Earth orbit (VLEO, below 200 km), using ion engines to counteract aerodynamic drag from the Earth's atmosphere which is substantial at such lower orbital altitudes. It was launched on 23 December 2017, and decommissioned on 1 ...
Earth [253] [254] [255] BA 2100: Inflatable module 2,100 m 3 (74,161 cu ft) 16 Cancelled [252] Earth [256] Space Complex Alpha: Inflatable space station 690 m 3 (24,367 cu ft) 12 Cancelled Earth Excalibur Almaz: Almaz derivative: Rigid module 3 Cancelled Earth [257] [258] [259] Galactic Suite Ltd. Galactic Suite: Rigid module 6 Proposed (2007 ...
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On 3 July 2020, the UK Government announced that it had acquired a 45% stake in the OneWeb low Earth orbit satellite communications company, for US$500 million including a golden share to give it control over any future ownership sale. [83] Analysts believe OneWeb will be incorporated into the Skynet 6 architecture.