{"id":59668,"date":"2018-01-17T22:13:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/uk-firm-contracts-to-service-satellites-2\/"},"modified":"2018-01-17T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:13:22","slug":"uk-firm-contracts-to-service-satellites-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/uk-firm-contracts-to-service-satellites-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UK firm contracts to service satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"

A UK-headquartered company says it has won a contract to send spacecraft to dock with two existing satellites to extend their lives. <\/p>\n

Effective Space will not name the satellites' owner at this stage \u2013 only that it is a major regional operator. <\/p>\n

The deal is described as being worth more than $100m ($70m). <\/p>\n

Effective Space says its two servicing "Space Drones" will be built using manufacturing expertise in the UK and from across the rest of Europe. <\/p>\n

The pair, which will each be sized about the same as a washing machine and weigh less than 400kg, are expected to launch on the same rocket sometime in 2020. <\/p>\n

Once in orbit, they will separate and attach themselves to the two different geostationary telecommunications satellites that are almost out of fuel. <\/p>\n

The drones, using their own propulsion systems, will then take over station-keeping duties 36,000km above the Earth, ensuring the satellites can continue to point in the right direction to transmit their signals. <\/p>\n

In-orbit service<\/h2>\n

Satellite servicing has been talked about as a commercial enterprise for more than decade, but it is only now that the first projects are really coming to market. <\/p>\n

The American operator Intelsat, for example, is buying a similar service from manufacturer Orbital ATK. <\/p>\n

The latter's initial "Mission Extension Vehicle" should launch later this year. <\/p>\n

Daniel Campbell, the managing director of Effective Space, told BBC News: "While in-orbit servicing has been preached for the last 10 years, the main challenge has been to come up with a solution where the cost [of the space drone] is significantly less than a replacement satellite." <\/p>\n

Today's big telecommunications satellites can cost upwards of $300m over their 15-year design lives. <\/p>\n

For a much more modest outlay, an operator can extend this timeframe with one of Effective Space's drones, so maintaining revenues. <\/p>\n

The London-based company's initial focus is on station-keeping, but future markets for similar types of servicing vehicle will almost certainly open up for satellite removal. <\/p>\n

Orbits above the Earth are becoming congested, and experts say old and broken hardware needs to be brought out of the sky if the environment is to remain stable. <\/p>\n

Effective Space is part of the wave of so-called "new space" companies that have sprung up in recent years. <\/p>\n

Fertile ground<\/h2>\n

Their goal is to drive novel business opportunities and applications off the back of lower-cost systems enabled in large part by the greater use of off-the-shelf consumer electronics and step-change manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing. <\/p>\n

It is an approach that has found fertile ground in Britain, with supporting government policies promoted through the UK Space Agency. This has drawn a number of foreign initiatives to base themselves in Britain. <\/p>\n

Effective Space, for example, has its roots in Israel and maintains R&D facilities there, but the UK is the place it wants to make its operations centre. <\/p>\n

"We are deploying a very innovative service and the only way you can do that is by being able to rely on very solid space law and a supportive space agency," said Mr Campbell.<\/p>\n

"And since the Brexit vote, actually, we are seeing more support, more proactive moves, to ensure we're on the right track. There is a tailwind in the UK that allows space companies to thrive." <\/p>\n

A UK Space Agency spokesperson commented: \u201cThe government\u2019s Industrial Strategy set out how the UK can thrive in the commercial space age as technology evolves and innovative companies develop new products and services. <\/p>\n

"We engage regularly with these companies and offer a safe and competitive regulatory environment for new commercial ventures to support our growing space sector.\u201d <\/p>\n

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