March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... big data and business intelligence sector. Looking at the evolution of space companies, we can clearly differentiate Incumbent Companies and NewSpace Companies. Incumbent companies are mainly large multi-national organisations which have been backed...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... industries such as energy, agriculture, retail, transport, internet/connectivity, etc. NewSpace companies are planning to pick up the buck where traditional space companies have flattened in technology and growth. There is, for example, a whole new...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... a low power consumption but with adequate performance, constraints that most currently available systems from large space companies cannot meet. This has resulted in a strong market need in recent years for the creation of a number...
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...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... interfaces, functionality and quality are key. Additionally, teaming arrangements and collaborative partnerships are critical for space companies wishing to maximise innovation and speed-to-deployment of their newest solutions. Collaborations allow...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... satellites before launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The shift between ecosystems is well illustrated by plotting the number of emerging space companies, which shows a near-exponential growth over the last two decades [see above figure]. This growth...
