March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...align with the overall risk management approach of the satellite owner The insurance market for the commercial space industry is global. Satellite owners, manufacturers, launch services providers, insurance brokers, and underwriters, are all involved...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... staggering. However, the risks faced by business managers in the commercial space world do not end there. Junk in heavily used orbits In...Graphics, Inc. announced the establishment of the Commercial Space Operations Center, which plans to offer paid ...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... in that process and some of the protectionism surrounding jobs being lessened, but also because ultimately the commercial space sector will become an even more mainstream topic for citizens. Increasingly the constituencies in countries around the...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... still in development and have not yet achieved the level of commercial operations, the Space Activities Law and Remote Sensing Law encourages them to enter the commercial space market on a level playing field with international competitors. In this...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... international framework though, the question of whether the aforementioned non-appropriation principle is in direct contradiction to commercial space resource utilisation remains unanswered. In addition to the prohibition of appropriation, the Outer...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...In 2015, the United States Congress passed the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act that explicitly allows US citizens to “engage in the commercial exploration and exploitation of space resources (including ... water and minerals)”. Luxembourg...
