March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... cost and schedule benefits even for large companies, governments and space agencies. The growth of the smallsat market has parallels with the emergence of the personal computer in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... undertaking may conclude that the exercise is more challenging from a business standpoint. The United Kingdom’s established smallsat manufacturing industry, multiple launch vehicle developments and space supply chain help make up for the lack...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... needs in underserved 5G areas and extending services to satellites and space stations. Lego-satellites, small and robust smallsats launched in stacks and assembled in space by robotic operations to perform as large objects but spreading the risk and...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
...vehicle designed with reusable first stages and payload fairings. Smallsats have always been the Cinderella of the market, with... of Rocket Lab, soon to be joined by other smallsat launch specialists like Firefly and Astra, this market also looks...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... been identified by those within the space industry, there is a lack of availability of primary payloads, with some smallsat customers waiting 18 months before a suitable launch vehicle becomes available. There is also increasing momentum around the...
October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
... is attributed to high-volume imagery sales and an increased focus on analytics from medium- and high-resolution imagery. Smallsat constellations like these increasingly need to operate at higher data rates and require global ground station coverage...
