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When have you last walked into a supermarket and declared that for you to buy anything here they will have to accept your terms? “Never” is likely the answer. However, why is space dominated by customers who feel any business should strictly be done by their rules alone? Lets have a look! When to negotiate,…

With the recent ASAT test of Russia we were reminded that some decision makers still think kinetic ASATs are a viable thing and not just mad. An international ban of kinetic kill vehicles will likely take forever therefore I propose something else: let us pledge not to do it. Without scientists and engineers these things…

Since I learned that EnviSat is the biggest single satellite debris risk I wanted to know more. For example: what happens if it would cause a damage and who would likely be held liable? When I tried to figure it out it wasn’t as easy as I had anticipated. Let’s have a look! Liability according…

While I was researching on the who is liable in case EnviSat would create a major space debris event I came across two very different faces of ESA space debris mitigation. On the one side ESA is claiming that A) the current space debris situation is not caused by them, B) EnviSat was designed in…

How do you think you will do the de-orbit of your spacecraft? If you say you use the satellites propulsion system to do it, think again. If the mighty ESA does not have it in their heart to de-orbit a functional satellite why do you think you will? Let’s have a look! About EnviSat If…

In Episode 02 of #Spacedonewrong we explored how free satellite data can kill commercial initiative. In this Bonus Article we are looking on a specific example: RapidEye. RapidEye was a German EO constellation that started as a initiative of Kayser Threde GmbH (now part of OHB group) in the mid 1990s. The company was founded…