August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... to satellite design and operation requires an equally agile launch strategy. And launch, to put it plainly, is risky business. For starters, it is very difficult to predict when a launch will actually occur. Launch contracts are typically signed...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
...achievements combined with entrepreneurial abilities and commercial insight in seeing them through to create world-leading space businesses. An intensive and wide-ranging study undertaken five years ago, initiated by the UK Government of the time and...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
... for NewSpace in general. It’s straightforward, sometimes inelegant, but without a doubt it’s the most efficient path to get your business where it needs to go. About the author William Hosack serves as CEO and president of Orbital Micro Systems (OMS...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
...future. From small satellites to a lunar base, the Russian business sector has big plans, and could save governments a lot...launch satellites that weigh less that 180kg. We have secured big business funding – World of Tanks is one of our investors. We ...
28 November 2016
UK capital investment company initiates pioneering space technologies fund
...’s former Chief Technology Advocate linked to the fund as a Managing Partner, and with backing from the British Business Bank, the idea to nurture promising space-related start-ups in a bid to support the ambitious targets of tripling...
06 March 2019
Growing food from thin air to feed astronauts
... a feasibility study as part of the space agency’s Business Incubation Programme (BIC), Solein could become a staple food...’s atmosphere,” says Kimmo Isbjörnssund, Manager, ESA Business Incubation Centre Finland. “The pioneering technology of Solar ...
