Author: Jason Bates
July 26, 2021
The global shutdown in 2020 had impacts across the satellite and space sector, but there were no uniform effects and there is no industry-wide blueprint for getting back on track, as customer operations and supply chains try to return activities to pre-pandemic levels. Carissa Christensen, CEO of analytics firm BryceTech says launch providers did not…
March 19, 2020
Space investments by billionaire “geeks for space,” such as Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos, have brought attention to the burgeoning commercial space startup sector. But now the field of investors is flourishing, driven not just by interest in space, but also by companies and ideas that are generating real excitement and profit potential. Claude Rosseau,…
March 19, 2020
The creation of the U.S. Space Force was a response to the growing use of space by more nations around the globe – and the potential threat that some pose to that use. At the same time, a military branch that consolidates the operations and acquisitions of space-based capabilities creates a scenario for closer, more…
March 11, 2020
The United States Armed Forces have leveraged space-based assets for decades to provide a warfighting advantage, but the evolution of in-orbit operations by adversaries has highlighted the need for the U.S. Space Force and how much work remains to be done, a top military official said. “The driving reason for the Space Force is to…