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Government/Military
When ITAR Met Brexit
The U.K. is the global hub for the satellite and space insurance industry. There are, however, significant issues related to Brexit which may threaten the U.K.’s current position, and which […]
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Magazine
Regulation: an Enabler, not an Enemy for Emerging Space Companies | November 2018
Rather than being classed as red tape, regulation can play an enabling role to support satellite start-up companies in the satellite industry. Where regulation includes a credible licensing process,it strengthens […]
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Magazine
Regulation: an Enabler, not an Enemy for Emerging Space Companies | November 2018
Rather than being classed as red tape, regulation can play an enabling role to support satellite start-up companies in the satellite industry. Where regulation includes a credible licensing process,it strengthens […]
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Government/Military
Regulation: an Enabler, not an Enemy for Emerging Space Companies
Rather than being classed as red tape, regulation can play an enabling role to support satellite start-up companies in the satellite industry. Where regulation includes a credible licensing process,it strengthens […]
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Opinion
UK Spaceports: Regulatory, Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations | September 2018
The U.K. government have announced the award of funding for a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. This grant marks the intention of the U.K. to move back into the […]
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Opinion
UK Spaceports: Regulatory, Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations | September 2018
The U.K. government have announced the award of funding for a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. This grant marks the intention of the U.K. to move back into the […]
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Uncategorized
UK Spaceports: Regulatory, Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations
The U.K. government have announced the award of funding for a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. This grant marks the intention of the U.K. to move back into the […]
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Opinion
On the EU’s Space Program and new EU Agency for Space Proposal | July 2018
The European Commission (EC), seeking to assert more control over European space policy, regulation and governance, has published a proposal for a regulation establishing the EU space program and the […]
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Opinion
On the EU’s Space Program and new EU Agency for Space Proposal | July 2018
The European Commission (EC), seeking to assert more control over European space policy, regulation and governance, has published a proposal for a regulation establishing the EU space program and the […]
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Government/Military
On the EU’s Space Program and new EU Agency for Space Proposal
The European Commission (EC), seeking to assert more control over European space policy, regulation and governance, has published a proposal for a regulation establishing the EU space program and the […]
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Technology
Regulating Innovative Activities, In-Orbit Servicing
The fact that the pace of change in technology outpaces the ability of law and regulation to cope with it is not a new issue. But it remains very pertinent […]
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Technology
Commodity Trading – The Satellite Advantage
Trading in commodities is one of the oldest businesses. However, new satellite technology is shaking up this centuries-old business and disrupting the traditional commodities paradigms…
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Uncategorized
Commodity Trading – The Satellite Advantage
ExactEarth AIS Viewer for maritime ship monitoring. Photo: ExactEarth. An Essential Business Anyone who drives a car will feel the effect of high crude oil prices; commodities are an essential part of everyday
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Uncategorized
Sensing Slavery: Using Satellite Imagery to Combat Modern Slavery
Slavery is an acute modern day issue that cannot be ignored but one that is difficult to resolve. Not only does slavery still exist but it is likely there are […]
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Finance
Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
The United Kingdom must regulate on a risk-aware, yet enabling, basis — allowing low cost launch capabilities, including space planes, to be the "steam locomotive" of the 21st century.
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Uncategorized
Spaceflight in the UK: Onward and Upward
"As we prepare to leave the European Union and so redefine our place in the world, we must ensure that the decisions we take now put the U.K. in a position to build a strong, resilient, well balanced economy
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Uncategorized
Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Satellite Industry
This column takes a look at what some of the most effective New Year's resolutions of space administrations, regulators and governments should be in order to encourage continued growth.
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Opinion
Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Satellite Industry | March 2017
As we move into 2017 the global satellite industry is in a state of transition. In order to ensure a framework for the industry’s continued success, this column takes a […]
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Opinion
Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Satellite Industry | March 2017
As we move into 2017 the global satellite industry is in a state of transition. In order to ensure a framework for the industry’s continued success, this column takes a […]
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Finance
When What Goes Up Does Not Come Down – Dealing with Debris
There is international consensus that space activities need to be managed to minimize debris generation and the risk that debris may pose. But how do these guidelines translate into engineering […]
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Opinion
When What Goes Up Does Not Come Down – Dealing with Debris | January 2017
Readers will appreciate that there is international consensus that space activities need to be managed to minimize debris generation and the risk that debris may pose. This consensus is embodied […]
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Opinion
When What Goes Up Does Not Come Down – Dealing with Debris | January 2017
Readers will appreciate that there is international consensus that space activities need to be managed to minimize debris generation and the risk that debris may pose. This consensus is embodied […]
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Connectivity
Satellites Supporting Health Development Challenges
On May 19 this year the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the Zika virus had been detected off the north west coast of Africa for the first time. Tests identified this as the Asian strain
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Government/Military
Launching a UK Spaceport
For many years the United Kingdom has excelled in manufacturing small satellites and CubeSats. What the U.K. industry has been missing is a domestic launch capability to avoid the reliance […]
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Connectivity
Intercepting Data: The Impact for Satellite
Lawful interception obligations have again been brought into focus after the terrorist attacks occurring in Paris on 13 November 2015 in which 130 people lost their lives. President François Hollande
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Uncategorized
Space Resource Mining: US Support for Commercial Exploitation
In a robust move to encourage investment and support commercial activities for the mining of space resources by US citizens and companies, President Obama signed the Space Resource Exploration and Utilization
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Uncategorized
When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut?
Tim Peake has blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS). He will be the first British astronaut to travel to the station in 20 years, after six years of […]
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Uncategorized
People Watching: Tracking and Monitoring Migration
Satellite Earth observation technologies can and will play an increasingly important role inmonitoring the movement of migrants and refugees.
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Uncategorized
Competing for Space Business – Level Playing Fields
Sonya Shaykhoun is a Sustaining Member of the New York Bar. She specializes in technology, media and
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Uncategorized
Managing the Ebola Virus – The Importance of Satellites
The death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa has exceeded 10,000 since the first reported case in December 2013. Cases of the highly contagious disease have been confirmed in the United States, the














