May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... and continues to grow. Over half of this ($123 billion) is made up of satellite services, with ground equipment some $60 billion (including GPS receivers), satellite manufacturing some $15 billion, and the launch industry some $6 billion. Most...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... an enhanced suite of space research and industry facilities to develop and test the approach to low-cost satellite manufacturing and to apply artificial intelligence approaches to the analysis, interpretation and application of space data. There are...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... Airbus and OneWeb, announced it would build a high-volume satellite manufacturing facility in Florida. In 2019, OneWeb Satellites’ Florida factory produced the first 34 satellites for its broadband constellation. We watched as the Kennedy Space...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... of the IOS market will enable growth of the wider supply chain, which includes employers as diverse as satellite manufacturers, insurance and legal firms, launch and space situational awareness providers. Importantly, it also unlocks opportunities...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... servicing, the rise of spacecraft such as MRV and MARV will compel satellite manufacturers to include robotic servicing ports on the next generation of communications satellites. Like USB ports on computers, these universal ports will allow for both...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... the direction of a small indigenous launcher) a limited demand for national launch services because of a lack of national satellite manufacturing industries. Based on the evidence to date, the front-runners are the proposed sites from the UK, Norway...
