August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... industry will have the chance to reap the benefits of breakthrough growth. The cost and timelines of investible space companies today are approaching the parameters that are familiar to traditional investment cycles. The industry is at a point...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
... (ESA) are studying ways to employ blockchain for their missions, and several traditional space companies, such as Boeing, are instituting blockchain into existing infrastructures and supply chains. This technology also presents a ...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
...grants than equity investments by a government investment fund. If the government’s goal is to make more funds available for space companies, as has been the case in several countries that do not have a strong private VC community, this support could...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... reliability for end-of-life deorbiting, unless expensive, complicated workarounds are implemented. All this means that space companies are losing capabilities by using these new fuels, instead of gaining them. Propulsion systems are leading the...
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...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... experienced service providers to government and defence clients as well as commercial space companies, the latest flurry of cloud-related activity in NewSpace and ‘traditional’ space was perhaps, a long time coming. Moves up and across the stack...
