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How Soon Until Private Chinese Launch Providers are Global Competitors?
Via Satellite DIGITAL: Since its beginnings, the Chinese space industry has been largely dominated by major state-owned enterprises (SOEs), namely China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and to a lesser extent, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
Euroconsult North America awarded lunar exploration initiatives analysis contract
SpaceQ: The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a contract to Euroconsult for the Business Case and Value Proposition Analysis to Identify Possible Canadian Contributions to Future International Lunar Exploration Initiatives.
UK R&D arrangements weighing on satellite connectivity market success
Connectivity Business: Significant flaws in UK R&D arrangements for the satellite sector are undermining the country’s competitiveness in a global market Euroconsult analysts believe will be worth about US$485bn by 2028, British accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith has warned.
Espace: la France tarde à se lancer dans les mini-fusées
Le Figaro: Bercy a retoqué un projet porté par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche.
Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back
SpaceNews: Satellite builders booked more commercial orders in 2019 than the prior two years combined, but the industry remains in flux
Op-ed | SpaceX’s adaptation to market changes
SpaceNews: Reusability efforts and Starlink are two sides of the same coin
Global FSS Satcom Operators Face Headwinds
Via Satellite: The global satellite communications industry is undergoing rapid change today, with price declines, large increases in capacity volumes, and a general pivot of the satellite operator business model towards selling lots of Mbps, as opposed to relatively few MHz.
Epic Aerospace, A Y Combinator Space Startup, Is Building A Satellite Transportation Network
Forbes: The barrier to entry for commercial space activity remains prohibitively high for entrepreneurial efforts to take place routinely. Jeff Bezos spoke at the Yale Club in New York City, highlighting the immense financial obstacles needed to make commercial space entrepreneurship a regular pursuit.
2010-2020 : la révolution des constellations
Les Echos: LE BILAN DE LA DECENNIE Fini le temps où l’industrie des satellites fabriquait du sur-mesure. La tendance est aux minisatellites produits en série. En février, Soyouz partira avec à bord une trentaine de satellites pour OneWeb, qui table sur 650 satellites.
Constellations de satellites: l’Europe prend du retard
Le Figaro: ENQUÊTE – Les sociétés américaines SpaceX et Blue Origin se sont déjà lancées dans la course à l’orbite basse et défient l’Europe dans ce domaine stratégique.
