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...
September 2020
Space technology transfer - today and tomorrow
... in the sector that are not so well understood. The UK space industry is one of a longtail of small companies and with sector growth we can expect to see more new space companies being formed. The survey response showed that over half...
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...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
...scale you use, the “boundary” between the discernible atmosphere and space is either 80.5 kilometres (50 miles) if you are NASA, the...minutes and reputedly costs half a million dollars. The company had targeted late 2019 for its first flights with ...
09 February 2021
Norfolk company targets suborbital market
..., and in turn this leads to lower levels of space debris.” Raptor believes that the provision of short duration space access will enable commercial space companies to de-risk components, increase technology readiness levels, demonstrate technology...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
...policy and planning. Elon Musk has famously made no secret that his space company SpaceX has the goal of sending a crewed rocket to Mars in ...Bezos, for example, has poured money into his own space company, Blue Origin. Balancing act We are now at the ...
