September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
...Station in less than a year using its International Commercial Experiment Cubes service. ‘ICE Cubes’ could allow access...potential ways forward and is seeking to establish marketable commercial space exploration initiatives and to boost the spill-over ...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... from the traditional big satellite and launcher businesses of yesterday toward an ecosystem of small satellite constellations and commercial ventures. The success of SpaceX as a non-traditional launch company with its recycled first stage and the...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... kg) numbers are expected to drop due to launch delays. Launcher options In response to small satellite market needs, multiple commercial ventures around the world are developing small launchers in the hope of getting a share of the future launcher...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... Plan, space industry trade association UK Space said: “Access to space is a barrier to growth for UK companies as well as a commercial opportunity”, and called for the UK Space Agency to champion policy and investment to establish a spaceport in the...
