... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...