18 November 2020
AstroAgency secures funding for Scottish Space Leadership Council
...sector has been awarded a development grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to establish a space hub on behalf of the Scottish Space Leadership Council (SSLC). Space start-up AstroAgency will use the financial support to advance the SSLC into a fully...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
..., HTS have achieved a degree of technological maturity that makes them suitable to become game changers for space applications. Space start-up Neutron Star Systems is leading efforts to promote the uptake of superconductor technology within the...
16 November 2018
Black Arrow looks to raise £120,000 with crowdfunding campaign
...and Formula 1 professionals, are in the process of developing a UK built space launch capability. The rockets will be the biggest produced wholly in the UK for 50 years, but before we start building the launch vehicles (rockets) and taking satellites...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... of private investments between 2000 and 2015. In 2015, a record US$2.3 billion was spent on more than 50 investments in space start-ups in the US. Pleiades image iof the Silicon valley. Investments by business angels, venture capitalists or major...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
... investment This last cashing-out criteria is very important for NewSpace entrepreneurs and their investors. While space starts to be more interesting for private investment (Angels or Venture Capital), the creation of new markets and successful exit...
October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
...2000s, the Russian economy came back to life and private space start-ups started to gain ground in the West. It wasn’t long before... them. The Skolkovo era Things began looking up for Russian space start-ups by the end of the first decade of the new...
