11th European CubeSat Symposium

The European CubeSat Symposium invites the submission of abstracts for presentations and posters addressing original research regarding CubeSat technology, mission studies and flight experience results for in-orbit demonstration, education and sci…

Japanese SAR startup Synspective reaches $100 million in funding

Tokyo-based remote sensing company Synspective said July 26 that it had successfully reached $100 million in funding since forming 17 months ago.  

Space 4.0 : Management & Monitoring of the Environment

8th SpaceTech Symposium 28 June 2019, ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Space 4.0 : Management & Monitoring of the Environment

Space 4.0 services from space allow for remote environmental monitoring of resources such as:
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Indian startup Bellatrix Aerospace raises $3 million

An Indian satellite propulsion startup with eventual plans to also build a small launch vehicle has raised $3 million from a group of venture capital investors.

Op-Ed | Preserving NewSpace innovation while championing M&A in our ecosystem

The NewSpace sector is expected to grow from a $350 billion global industry in 2018 to a trillion dollar one by 2040, according to a Morgan Stanley report. Given these forecasts it is not clear how the market will expand, will there be more mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, initial coin offerings or just companies remaining private?

SAIC increases space startup collaboration

Josh Jackson, executive vice president and general manager of SAIC’s Solutions and Technology Group, said SAIC is working with around a dozen startups through accelerators in Austin, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado, to make their technology more available to U.S. government customers.

European Commission, fearing brain drain to US, takes sharper look at space investment strategy

Commissioners speaking this week at the Conference on European Space Policy in Brussels said the continued reservations of European investors about financing space startups is hampering Europe’s ability to keep pace with similar startup activity in the United States.

Op-ed | The revolution that is commercial space is just beginning

While everybody is rightly celebrating recent successes in commercial space, some long-term trends are just beginning. It is still early days, and significant growth and new opportunities are just around the corner.

A trillion-dollar space industry will require new markets

Forecasts that predict the space industry to grow to a trillion dollars by the 2040s will require the development of new markets, even with the modest annual growth rates needed to achieve that goal.

Analysis | The rise of China’s private space industry

The space race of old was between governments, but we may be on the brink of a 21st century private space race on an international scale.

Op-ed | NewSpace 2.0: Moving beyond the Minimum Viable Product

Owing partly to the emergence of small satellites, NewSpace startups are disrupting commercial space by addressing these and other questions on shoestring budgets compared to government programs.

CNES creating a space startup fund

The French space agency CNES is creating an investment fund of 80 to 100 million euros ($95 to $119 million) to spur innovation in the space sector.

Op-ed | Thinking historically about NewSpace

As the business of space becomes increasingly privatized, and companies more frequently adopt a fast and lean entrepreneurial style, it complicates efforts to establish and preserve a publicly accessible record of the industry’s progress.