Article Hive Satellites Redefine Disaggregation Hive is a concept for a new generation of disaggregated, reconfigurable satellites. Made up of small, smart, mass-producible, and multi-functional units that can come apart and reconfigure themselves… February 2018
Article New Entrant Pathways To Orbit New and innovative launch providers are set to shake up the launch industry. Aerospace is working to help the government take advantage of emerging opportunities with new entrant rockets without… January 2018
Article Uncommon Mission For Delta IV Rocket Aerospace developed a common avionics suite for its primary launch vehicles to achieve greater performance and reliability at reduced cost. Randy Kendall describes how, based on heritage Atlas V… January 2018
Video Satellites Combine For Hive Built and assembled like Legos in space, Hive’s innovation is built on the concept of disaggregated satellites. Hives are mass-producible, multi-functional satellite units that are put in orbit to… January 2018
Video The Aerospace Corporation As an independent, nonprofit corporation operating the only federally funded research and development center for the space enterprise, The Aerospace Corporation performs objective technical analyses… January 2018
Video The Center for Space Policy and Strategy Drawing from nearly 60 years of experience, The Center for Space Policy and Strategy is poised to navigate tremendous changes in the space enterprise. The Center’s team members explain the exciting… December 2017
Video Making Launch Faster And More Efficient How do you fit a bunch of small and midsized satellites in a single launch fairing? It might help to standardize their size and shape. This brief video introduces the concept of the launch unit,… December 2017
Article Resilient Space: The Real Star Wars Warfare is now no longer limited to just the Earth. As outer space becomes more and more competitive, the U.S. Air Force’s Space Warfighting Construct works to deter enemy attacks in space while… November 2017
Video Concept Design Center The Concept Design Center (CDC) allows design teams to work quickly on a variety of concepts for customers. For example, the CDC proposed dozens of designs for the GPS III satellites, one of which… November 2017
Video Aerospace STEM Tours Inspire K-12 Students K-12 students enjoy The Aerospace Corporation’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) tours, in which they get to engage with interactive robotics, simulate a rocket launch, and learn… November 2017
Article New Alloys Improve Satellite Reliability Aerospace is addressing critical design and manufacturing challenges by developing new space materials that can provide a wealth of options previously unavailable to satellites. In stark contrast to… November 2017
Video Camera Views Atmospheric Glow The Earth’s atmosphere is never completely dark. Even at night, with no moon or stars, the atmosphere gives off light due to chemical reactions that are taking place. This phenomenon, appropriately… November 2017
Video Brane Craft Removes Space Debris Dr. Siegfried Janson, inventor of Brane Craft, discusses his innovative and cost-effective concept for space debris removal. Brane Craft is a paper-thin spacecraft that can wrap itself around debris… October 2017
Article Space Collaboration Council A regular summit of industry leaders and government planners is changing the dynamic in the national security space enterprise. September 2017
Article Additive Manufacturing Of Space Components Components made via additive manufacturing could help reduce the cost and enhance the capability of future space systems. Aerospace is spearheading efforts to certify and qualify additive… September 2017
