31 May 2019
Melting moon dust with lasers to use in lunar habitats
... from the IRAS. MOONRISE will hitch a ride on the first Moon mission of the Berlin-based new-space company PTScientists, a privately funded organisation who have just signed a cooperation agreement with the ArianeGroup to work together...
26 February 2026
Europe risks widening space gap despite investment rebound
... of those that do succeed. “Way too often, startups spend too much in the development phase. While for space companies pathways to commercialisation are limited in the early days, they should still look for ways to find small...
18 June 2019
Israeli space tech firm hiSky expands to the UK
...) provided £9 million of funding for hiSky to develop cutting-edge space telecoms technology at the Harwell Space Cluster, which is growing fast and already home to more than 90 space companies. hiSky aims to be the world’s first low-cost satellite...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... heavy communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit). As a result, vertical integration occurs in these SSC developing companies. Previously, space companies did almost everything themselves (including making bolts and microcircuits) and left the...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... the high insurance premium. Both are damaging when it comes to raising investment and would place UK space companies at a competitive disadvantage. An aerial view of Cornwall Airport in Newquay, UK, along with an artist’s impression of potential...
28 September 2018
CubeRover to develop low-cost, revolutionary rover in Luxembourg
...fund, according to a government statement, will “provide equity funding for new space companies with ground-breaking ideas and technology.” Adding to the list of companies that have already set up operations in Luxembourg will be CubeRover. CubeRover...
