September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... into LEO. About the authors Marc Bell is the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Terran Orbital, a global satellite manufacturer, and the managing partner of Marc Bell Capital. He is a financier and space entrepreneur with over thirty years...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... most connected of all European spaceport developments, directly accessible by rail, road, sea and, of course, air. Glasgow’s satellite manufacturing cluster (with the likes of Spire Global, AAC Clyde Space and Alba Orbital designing and building...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
...Key to this is the increasing number of companies from small and emerging space nations in the realm of small satellite manufacturing, launch and service provision. To meet the demand for this broadening space activity, whether it be powering robotic...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... was exported to a Singapore-Taiwanese company in 2011. There are several more cases of Japanese satellite manufacturers and launcher systems winning international competitions in Qatar, Turkey, Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ...
March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
... ‘iPhone moment’ for the Earth observation industry is ‘now’, enabled by cheaper launches and more efficient satellite manufacturing processes. The question is how to capitalise on it. Earth observation is expected to grow into a multi-billion dollar...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... industry to a wider customer base. Companies still face substantial hurdles, however, including government regulations, satellite manufacturing, mission planning, launch and data acquisition. In response, the space industry is increasingly adopting...
