September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
...and insurance. The legal framework remains immature because international agreements designed around state-operated space infrastructure will almost certainly not translate cleanly into commercially governed orbital facilities. If successful, Starlab...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... will be one of many customers. In addition, it supports the long-term goal of Asgardia to establish an autonomous space infrastructure in LEO - known as ‘Asgardia Earth Ark’ - to enable continuous development and research beyond the operational...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
...insurance and financial transactions. The economic potential of the new applications and services that will exploit space infrastructure appear unlimited. This should drive opportunities for satellite builders and providers, and leverage even greater...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... provision of data and services across all domains and any vulnerability in space infrastructure will likely spread from one to another. The critical interdependency between space and other domains therefore increases the threat of cyber risks, which...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... leave Cambodia open to China’s whims. Ultimately, China’s more recent strategy of building and operating its own space infrastructure, and giving countries the option to utilise it, undeniably gives these other countries more options. Rather than...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... strategic reasons for many states to develop anti-satellite weapons and other methods of disrupting and harassing space infrastructure. In many ways the 2010s picked up where the superpowers left off in the 1980s with an increased tempo...
