Perspective
2018 – Spacecraft Data Insights: Vibrant Market
One look at the number of spacecraft deployed over the past year, as well as the nations’ deploying them, makes it appear that United States (U.S.) manufacturers supplying those assets are doing…
2018 – Data Insights: China’s Increased Spacecraft Deployments and Shifting Missions
China’s space industry significantly increased the nation’s share of 2018 space launches and spacecraft deployments. Highlights of these activities include the successful deployment of …
Perspective
As new operators and regional actors emerge, the mature players change their positioning in response. As governments map out a long-term, sustainable approach to exploration beyond the orbit of Earth, near-term programmatic and policy environments shift. As space investments generate returns, local and regional governments respond in order to better capture economic benefits. Understanding these dynamics yields an important perspective on opportunities and challenges.
Perspective – TSR 2014
2013 – Perspective
The evolution of the space sector is reflected in changes within the industry in response to new challenges and opportunities. As certain elements of the space economy become established economic goods, the ways customers buy—and companies sell—those space products and services evolves.
2013 – Changing Context in Government Space Programs: National, Regional, and Local
As the commercial space sector matures, government space programs wrestle with defining the context and objectives for scientific and exploration activities while optimizing economic and societal return through space applications. International planning for space exploration activities provides a fr… This article is for subscribers. Please sign up for a subscription or login below. Username Password…
2013 – An Evolving Space Industry: Commoditization, Differentiation, and the Rise of Regional Operators
The space industry is evolving, moving from a phase of testing and development in the mid-20th century, to limited satellite coverage and use by specialists in the late 20th century, to ubiquitous coverage and broad consumer adoption in the early 21st century. At the same time, traditional satellite… This article is for subscribers. Please sign…
Perspective – TSR 2013
2012 – Spaceports as an Economic Engine
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the United States’ primary civil spaceport, marked its 50th anniversary in July 2012. The milestone coincides with the retirement of NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet and related changes in the U.S. human spaceflight program, causing uncertainty in the future utiliza… This article is for subscribers. Please sign up for a subscription…
2012 – Space Policy: Common Topics and Different Approaches
Throughout the world, space policies, strategies, and plans are formalized in documents through which governments communicate the priorities and strategic objectives of their space programs. Space policies describe the overarching approach that guides a country’s space program within the contex… This article is for subscribers. Please sign up for a subscription or login below.