January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... start to find the solutions to that now it will be too late. The global economy has become so reliant on space services. Does anybody leave home today without a SatNav in their pocket and where would we have been in the...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... the agency to fruition was a complex proposition as there were many government ministries involved in space, with most of them users of the space services and products,” explained Maresi, “so it was difficult to find the right fit for all the...
18 April 2023
Spire launches customers’ Earth and debris monitoring satellites
... need a better overview of the current situation in Earth orbit,” said Dr Gernot Grömer, Director of the Austrian Space Forum. Spire's Space Services arm, with a $39 billion total addressable market, allows organisations to deploy and scale their own...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... rapid growth in satellite capability will lead the way in the provision of space services for terrestrial use while also developing technologies for in-space servicing and in-space manufacturing. Both robotic and human-tended systems will grow our...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
.... Both countries have active counterspace programmes and have developed robust and capable space services. Chinese and Russian doctrine indicates that they view space as a requirement for winning modern wars. Under President Xi Jingping, China has...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... at any time before. However, given the reliance of the global civilian economy on space services, any conflict in space could have widespread economic and humanitarian consequences. As such, the United States and its allies and ...