July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...). The SIA is intended to create the necessary legal framework for the expansion and growth of the UK space industry. In an industry that is subject to such rapid change and accelerated development, once the UK Government decided to utilise existing...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
.... Opportunities for profitable company growth, and thus positive investment returns, are emerging throughout the space industry value chain. While the focus is often on the highly visible companies led by billionaires, substantial value is emerging...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... Duchy of Luxembourg has famously put capital behind this category and seems committed to ensuring that the industry develops. Earlier in 2017 it invested US$29 million in Planetary Resources and also agreed to fund a spacecraft for Deep Space...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... for CubeSats to share a launch with even the most expensive and risky interplanetary missions. Similarly, the industry is shifting away from dedicated ground stations to a more practical ‘sharing-economy’ approach. Unlike the traditional dedicated...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... that will service it has given the UK space community a strengthened sense of purpose. Meanwhile, the 2018 Space Industry Act is nearing completion as the necessary regulations move through parliament and the first UK launches will be possible...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... effect on attracting large scale investments especially from private risk capital. Given the nature of the space industry, high sums of capital investment remain one of the fundamental requirements for expansion of upstream capabilities for NewSpace...
