Infrastructure
Space infrastructure, like its terrestrial counterpart, is an invisible backbone for services used by people all over the world. Like terrestrial infrastructure, space infrastructure is increasingly relied upon for convenience, services, and national security/defense. If there was an emerging trend, it is that space infrastructure is increasingly stressed while benefiting from the sources of that stress: commercially driven services and technologies.
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Infrastructure Articles
SNAPSHOT: Payload Analysis 2020: Communications Deployments Redefine Growth
Communications payloads dominated the satellite market in 2020, accounting for…
Full Story: 2020 in Launches: Successes, Failures, and Everything in Between
This was the year of the partial success. From the…
Infrastructure: Human Spaceflight
Introduction | Since Yuri Gagarin’s orbital flight around the Earth…
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2010
Space Infrastructure – TSR 2010 examines global human spaceflight operations…
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2011
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2011 examines global human spaceflight…
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Infrastructure: Orbital Launch Vehicle Overview
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Infrastructure: Spacecraft Overview
As of March 6, 2019, information was available about 38…
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2018 – Galileo Ground Networks – Snapshot
Responsibility for the operation of the Galileo constellation’s ground system…
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In 2018, the USAF continued GPS operations with ground equipment…
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Japan’s Cabinet Office continues to operate all ## satellites of…
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2018 – Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) – Snapshot
India launched one Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) satellite…
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2018 – Global Positioning System (GPS) – Snapshot
The U.S. maintained ## operational GPS satellites during 2018, the…
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