19 June 2020
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
...the first ever launch into space from British soil. This is a key moment for our commercial space industry, and I look ...towards US companies launching from UK spaceports. The commercial space sector already represents hundreds of millions of dollars...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...align with the overall risk management approach of the satellite owner The insurance market for the commercial space industry is global. Satellite owners, manufacturers, launch services providers, insurance brokers, and underwriters, are all involved...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... facility in West Texas, the State will boast four commercial space facilities in the next three to four years. Collaboration ... but together they can help change the face of the commercial space industry. A spaceport’s strength and its role as a ...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
...need for the kind of revolutionary leap forward in propulsion that SABRE represents In the space domain, within the current explosion of commercial space launch companies and concepts we see a number of possible applications where SABRE class engines...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... still in development and have not yet achieved the level of commercial operations, the Space Activities Law and Remote Sensing Law encourages them to enter the commercial space market on a level playing field with international competitors. In this...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... international framework though, the question of whether the aforementioned non-appropriation principle is in direct contradiction to commercial space resource utilisation remains unanswered. In addition to the prohibition of appropriation, the Outer...
