April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... for customers of small launchers and/or suborbital human flights. Such a spaceport would be expected to serve a growing number of commercial customers, bring money to the local economy and increase local employment. These reasons, and the potential...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
...very large space telescopes, manned Mars transports with multi-hundred kilowatt solar arrays and large commercial communications platforms. The MEV is also capable of providing clients with additional services including close inspections, inclination...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... hardware, and the contract is based on my terms and conditions, then I consider that a commercial contract. Commercial laboratories Our biggest project to date is a commercial airlock called Bishop, which is five times the size of the airlock on the...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... rare-metal mines to the mines of the California Gold Rush. Mars mining prospects are speculative, but commercial ore is to be expected. Prospects and mining proposals require some explanation, so we expand on this final analogy below. Martian...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...’s aerospace market has reportedly grown rapidly in the past seven years Jilin-1 is China’s first, self-developed, commercial remote sensing satellite system and is operated by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Corporation (CGSTC). The Jilin...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...studies, much more than a robotic lander could do. Commercially viable Initial demand for lunar logistics will come from ...taken all together, we estimate sample return is a commercially viable business for near-term space logistics service providers. ...
