September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... for synergistic cooperation with the United States in its development of the ORS concept? Demand for satellite services often outstrips supply and this problem is exacerbated by an exponential growth in networked capabilities and insatiable demand...
25 November 2021
Astroscale secures multi-million dollar investment from Seraphim
... focused on space tech, has made a new $12.5 million investment into Astroscale Holdings Inc, the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits. Astroscale closed a $109 million series F round which...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... revenue was over US$3 billion last year and, while growing, it remains a small part of the US$260 billion+ satellite services market. EO operators face continued pressure on data pricing from growing competition and overcapacity. At the same time...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
...based start-up SpaceBridge Logistics. It is creating a decentralised marketplace for space services such as launch logistics, satellite servicing and on-orbit refuelling. Each satellite, grapple target, upgrade port and refuelling valve in space will...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... navigation; they don’t get that the “Sat” means it’s coming from space! We rely on so many satellite services every day and all of the services we rely on are dependent on maintaining the space environment. From an ethical point of view, it is the...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
... space. The demand for this development will be driven by SBSP and it will unlock routine satellite servicing missions. The implication is that satellite design can be revolutionised: not design for de-orbit, but design for maintenance, for upgrades...
