November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... public procurement process, was regarded as an obstacle for winning contracts from the government. Since then, Japanese industry has focused on research and development (R&D) satellite programmes instead, as these were not the focus of the US-Japan...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
...nuclear and even nascent wind-power generation industries. Each industry has its own particular decommissioning protocols and... existential threat posed by Chernobyl in the nuclear industry or the significant reputational damage caused to oil producers...
February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
... development of space culture is largely in the hands of the space community. The cultural directives that the space industry is currently comfortable with are twofold: first, conducting education and outreach about outer space to people on Earth...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... years of space activities did not justify the investment. Over the past 10 years, however, the space industry has been moving towards mega constellation architecture. These magaconstellations, which use of hundreds or thousands of smaller satellites...
26 September 2022
Stage set for massive space industry showcase
... most prominent thought-leaders. Addressing the key topics which are shaping the sector today, the ‘Industry Conference’, ‘Smallsats Conference’ and ‘Mobility Connectivity Conference’ will include topics such as space exploration, sustainability, the...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
...on, he realised that many things in the space industry were rigid and non-customisable. Having worked with technology... of ReOrbit Oy in Helsinki. ReOrbit hopes to revolutionise the space industry as we know it. As the company’s slogan says, it’s fair...
