SpaceFlight Vol 61 No 12 – December 2019

Encoded Comsats
Contributors Gerard van de Haar and Luc van den Abeelen describe the broadening aspects of the US-led international satellite communication systems that are recruiting an increasing number of partners.

Grabbing a piece of the Cataclysm
Dwayne A. Day presents an in-depth study of the various proposals, past and present, for returning lunar samples to Earth from a particularly violent impact experienced by the Moon during the early days of its formation.

Hanging in the Balance
David Todd reports from the recent biennial UK Space Conference, which brought together the great and the good of the domestic space industry in Newport, South Wales, to carve out a roadmap for future development.

REGULARS

Behind the news
Starship Enterprise – Orion: added value

Opinion

ISS Report
12 September – 8 October 2019

Obituary
Sigmund Jahn (1937-2019)

Multi-media
The latest space-related books, games, videos

Satellite Digest
563 – September 2019

Society news / Diary
What’s happened/ What’s coming up