November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... if we assume more than one flight to perform each comsat launch. Figure 4. Subsonic air-launched RLV – performance & growth potential. Figure 5 illustrates an operational scenario that would enable the launch of a standard GEO comsat by a small RLV...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... than anywhere in the world outside the US West Coast The recent growth of the space industry in Scotland - as part of a wider ...sponsors seven innovation centres to “drive positive change and growth in areas of key importance to the health and wealth...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... the knowledgeable, and certainly the fortunate. NewSpace remains capital constrained. That is to say, the formation and growth of companies in the NewSpace sector is limited by its ability to attract new capital sources to the industry. While this...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... and research institutions and is home to more than 60 players from academia, government institutions and industry. To promote growth of the space economy in the state, the SA government established in April 2016 the office of Space Industry and...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
.... I think space is in its infancy. I equate it to the model-T Ford and the Wright brothers. I think we’ll see massive growth. Upon critical examination of their business case, safety of life was probably worth just 5 percent of their market...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
...the barrier to market entry, which has led to explosive growth in the private space sector over the last decade. By... market is forecast to exceed US$7 billion, with an annual growth rate of just over 20 percent. Falling within the above classification...
