November 2019
The economic promise of space
... has one of the world’s fastest growing space programmes with continuing focus on traditional business models, such as launch services and satellites, while investing strongly in small and medium businesses and enterprises. India’s space agency (ISRO...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...10 per cent (the lowering of corporate risk); included in the production of space rockets and satellites are launch services (vertical integration). However, all space sector companies are large, with little competition. So there is little motivation...
January 2019
Is the NewSpace bubble about to burst?
... to raise money in the face of a rapid decline in launch demand allied with increasing competition from Blue Origin, which doesn’t ...Fund. And finally, given the lack of demand for launch services, the need for the BFR now seems highly questionable, ...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... Defense Analysis, China now has close to 80 commercial space companies, most of them focused on satellite manufacturing and launch services. Last summer, i-Space became the first privately owned Chinese rocket company – and third in the world...
13 March 2015
New rockets on the scene: ESA approves Ariane 6, Vega-C
... system, that requires 24 operational satellites (plus in-orbit spares), which should guarantee a continuing demand for launch services. Dordain said that at yesterday's meeting ministers committed €4 billion for the development of Ariane 6 and Vega...
05 August 2016
Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Games, Brought to You by Your Local Satellite
... Association (a U.S.-based trade association that provides representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers), such as Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES and Telesat...
