October 2024
Virtualisation of the satellite sector
... data is stored there. The same can be said for industry, with many sectors using it to empower their businesses. The Cloud enables service providers to scale up massive networks on faster timescales with less capital expenditure and...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... Space launched its first satellite in November 2018 after a one-year delay. As satellite operators transition their business from collecting and selling pixels to actionable insights, startups building AI analytics and value-added services from...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
...’s experts on space law, regulations and standards came together with a number of eminent space scientists, engineers and business leaders. They assembled at the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law in Montreal, Canada. The challenge...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... most of their activities for space and defence purposes within a governmental procurement frame and their business footprint is just starting to emerge in non-space market sectors, such as materials, pharmaceuticals, bio-engineering, nanotechnology...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... launching satellites to LEO appears to be the only market that is currently addressable and large enough to support a credible business case, there may also be a substantial near-term market to provide human passenger flights to LEO space stations...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... facilities. The nature and presence of these facilities can vary according to the nature of the spaceport, its business model(s), and the launch system(s) whose operations it supports. Building the UK’s operating capabilities, skills, technology and...