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We are witnessing profound changes across the Space industry. This is marked by not less than half a dozen new launch vehicles making maiden flights within the next few years, reusable Space hardware, massive new LEO constellations, privately owned companies with the aspiration of flying hardware and humans as far as planet Mars etc. operators will fill the last white spots on the map by offering global coverage, on land, on sea and in the air. Of the many diverse and fascinating challenges we face in this regard, one of the most important is how to understand the risk involved and how to mitigate it. Under today’s enormous pressure on R&D and operating costs, we will repeat the ideology of “faster, cheaper, better” which in return bears the risk of setbacks and large financial losses to investors and insurers. In this edition of the newsletter the newly appointed Chief Executive of OneWeb, Eric Béranger, gives an insight in how he plans to make the OneWeb venture a success. In a second interview we feature Tory Bruno of (ULA) who shares his view on keeping competitive, reusability and reliability. Last but not least, we feature Michele Franci of Inmarsat on the industry’s innovations and Global Xpress.

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INTERVIEW ERIC BERANGER CEO, ONEWEB LOOKING AT KEY RISKS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD THE FUTURE ISSUE INTERVIEW DAVID TODD OF SERADATA TALKS TO TORY BRUNO PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE (ULA) KEEPING COMPETITIVE AND RELIABLE

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ERIC BERANGER CEO, ONEWEB

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Q Eric, congratulations to your new job as CEO of OneWeb. partnerships with some of the world leaders in aerospace, Your arrival at OneWeb gives the venture certainly more telecommunications and consumer goods. We have credibility. What were the main reasons for you to accept the built a strong program team led by Suzi McBride who offer for this challenging job? recently joined us from Iridium. She is supported by an A Thank you. There was no question in my mind! OneWeb is excellent and highly experienced team who are focused not only an incredible initiative with huge potential and a on the development of each of the major segments we revolution in satellite business, it has also truly the power to need to develop for the system which include the satellite change for the better the life of millions of people everywhere constellation, operations, communications infrastructure, in the world, bringing them access to education, news, culture, user terminals and launch services. We have developed first aid and business. And based on my experience in satellite a comprehensive and detailed development plan and are communications plus banking and having already created a on track to complete our key milestones. We recently held satellite services business from scratch, taking this offer seemed our system preliminary design review with was attended like a natural next step! by nearly 100 participants from OneWeb and our partners. It is a rigorous process. We benefit from the fantastic support Q OneWeb intends to launch some 882 into low of our industry partners Airbus, Arianespace, Bharti, Coca Earth . How do you want to move this huge project from Cola, Gupo Salinas, Hughes, Intelsat, MDA, Qualcomm, and the drawing board to the launch pad and what are the key Virgin. There are of course challenges and risks in a program risks and challenges? like this, but we have the team to manage them. A It is really all about the team we have built and the industry Q Your constellation will provide global coverage. What services will you be offering and who do you want to connect? A We want to provide a reliable internet connection to anyone who wants it, anywhere in the world. Our combination of global availability, low latency, and high throughput means we can serve a wide variety of markets from education, residential broadband, mobile, enterprise markets and cellular backhaul. Our terminals can be placed almost anywhere from isolated rural areas, with no other infrastructure, to extend mobile networks, or placed on buildings, vehicles, aircraft and ships. An important feature is that people will access the service with their exiting devices PCs, tablets, mobile phones using wired or wireless connectivity. We believe everyone should have access to the internet including whether they are underserved rural areas or on the move. One of our aims is to ensue every school in the world has access to advanced broadband services. Our business, our always-on, always their system will also be a game-changer for public protection and disaster relief emergency services. The OneWeb system will provide reliable communications to these when terrestrial networks have failed.

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Q More large LEO constellations are in the planning phase. Do you believe there is enough “room” for more constellations to be operated successfully and economically? A There is a significant market opportunity which will surpass the capacity of our constellation. We are already thinking about how our next generation of satellites can bring more capacity. So in that respect there is room. However, as we have shown, the investment and industrial support needed to realise a program like this is significant. Our founder, Greg Wyler, assembled a powerful group of industrial partners to launch this program, developed key enabling technologies and obtained priority to spectrum rights. OneWeb has also established a uniquely qualified team to deliver the program. Q Possible interference with GEO satellite over the equator, the We know our competitors are very determined but they have harsh radiation environment, the single-string satellite design some catching up to do. and the collision risk are just a few concerns people have. Do you want to comment on those concerns? Q When do you intend to launch your first satellites and A We are committed to being a responsible user of outer space at what point will the constellation be complete and and a good neighbour. It is a requirement of the ITU that we operational? protect GEO satellites from interference. To do this, and make A We will launch our first satellites in 2018. These will initially the most efficient use of our spectrum, we tilt our satellites be used for extensive system testing and validation. We as they approach the equator to make sure we never cause, expect to start rolling out services to our first customers or receive, interference. To ensure we have a robust satellite during the 2019/20 timeframe. we have an extensive qualification program with targets driven by our business plan to ensure our constellation will operate reliably over its service life. The ability to survive the radiation environment is a key requirement. We have strict environmental requirements that spacecraft components need to satisfy. Regarding collision risk, we will be maintaining precise positional knowledge of our satellites from launch to re-entry, and sharing that information with other operators. We are also coordinating with the Joint Space Operations Centre (JSpOC) to exchange operational information, and we will assess conjunctions with other objects and manoeuvre as necessary to avoid collisions.

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Vulcan’s American engine and its ACES reusable in-orbit upper stage will introduce revolutionary capabilities that will change how we go to space and what we can do there. Through innovative approaches, ULA is truly revolutionising the launch industry and making space more accessible.

Q ULA is now offering a new RapidLaunch™ quick response launch service. Is this the result of ULA losing some of its TORY BRUNO government launches to SpaceX and hence having some free launch capacity? Is this service mainly for commercial launches? Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno, President and CEO A RapidLaunch™ leverages our total command of our manifest and unmatched schedule reliability. The average of United Launch Alliance (ULA), lays out his delay experienced when flying on other providers is four plans for the company. to five months. With ULA, it is a week or less. We piloted RapidLaunch™ on the Orbital ATK OA4 and OA6 missions, The issues include how to keep ULA competitive in a more open when we cut the industry standard order span of two or market and why the partially reusable Vulcan is key to its three years to under 12 months in order to recover the future. While Tory Bruno hails from a technological background, ISS’s cargo needs after other providers had lost three out his other area of expertise is medieval history, and that era’s of four missions. In its current offering, RapidLaunch™ concepts of honour and family are a vital part of his managerial can allow a customer to go to space as quickly as three approach. months from placing an order. This will fundamentally change how launch services are purchased. RapidLaunch™ Q Since you became leader of ULA in 2014, what major changes is open to all of our customers. in the organisation have occurred? A We have embarked on a multi-year cost reduction initiative to Q Previously it was left to Commercial cut the price of our launch services in half. This cost reduction Launch Services (LMCLS) to run commercial flights, is this effort spanned across all elements of the value stream. We still the case? have cut the time it takes to build our in half. We have A Yes, that is still accurate. cut the time it takes to assemble them with the spacecraft at the launch site and then fly them by more than two thirds. I Q It is known that you plan to end most IV launches have entered into strategic partnerships with key suppliers, for cost reasons. Does that have any implications for the which has reduced our total supply chain cost by 36% so far. Boeing/Lockheed Martin ownership of ULA? We have also flattened our organisation and streamlined our A The ownership model for ULA does not require Delta to processes. We are also greatly simplifying our product offering be offered. I do plan on phasing out the Delta IV medium with the retirements of the Delta II and Delta IV Medium rocket in the next few years, but will retain the Delta IV rocket families. Leveraging these cost reduction initiatives, as Heavy as long as my customers need it to ensure a smooth we move towards launching the Vulcan rocket, will enable us transition to Vulcan. I can share that the Vulcan will be to be more competitive in a commercial market. Vulcan will superior in reliability, cost, weight and capability. We bring forward elements of and Delta along with our will gradually phase out the rocket and the Delta unique processes and disciplines, giving us a highly reliable IV Heavy when our government customer is prepared to rocket that will continue to lift any payload to any orbit. The transition.

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Q In percentage terms, how much more expensive is it to launch completion approximately a year and a half ahead of our a Delta IV compared to an equivalent sized Atlas V? How long back-up, AR1. We also expect the BE4 to be significantly will the heavy-lift version of Delta IV be operated? more affordable. Our partnership with A Delta IV is approximately 30% more expensive to manufacture remains strong and reflects complimentary capabilities and launch than an equivalent Atlas V vehicle. We will and future market positioning. gradually phase out the Delta IV Heavy when our government customer is prepared to transition to the Vulcan/ACES. Q The Atlas V is regarded, along with the 5, as one of the best rockets globally in terms of Q While your competitors are going for reusable first stages reliability. How will you ensure that reliability of the new for their new rockets, your proposed Vulcan launcher uses a Vulcan launch vehicle matches the high expectations your reusable pod of engines, which is ejected from the stage and customers and insurers have of ULA? recovered by a helicopter. Is this cheaper to operate and how A The backbone of ULA’s phenomenal record is our are the fuel lines cut to allow this to take place? processes and disciplines, along with our technology. Our A The Sensible, Modular, Autonomous Return Technology perfect record of 111 is all the more remarkable when (SMART) initiative will be introduced into Vulcan , you consider that it is spread across the 41 configurations allowing ULA to reuse the most expensive portion of the we offer. Even the mighty Atlas V, at 65 flights, has first stage – the booster main engines – via mid-air capture. accomplished its success with many configurations having This allows a controlled recovery environment providing the flown as little as two times. We will bring the best of the confidence needed to re-fly the hardware. The engines will Atlas and Delta technology forward, along with our know- be released via a pyrotechnic separation joint, similar to the how and disciplines, which have made our fleet of rockets technology that was used for the “half stage” engine the most reliable in the world. The Vulcan will do it all— separation. This approach has several advantages. It can be affordability with higher performance—while continuing performed on every mission because no fly-back fuel has to to deliver ULA’s unparalleled reliability and precision. be reserved. It does not add heavy and expensive systems to Using US-built solutions, state-of-the-art design and enable fly-back, so the logistics of recovery are simpler, and manufacturing techniques, the Vulcan will result in a low it provides a more benign environment during re-entry. In recurring cost. Additionally, the Vulcan will offer more addition, ACES, which is ULA’s fully reusable upper stage, purchasing flexibility – for both civil and commercial brings revolutionary new capabilities to the Vulcan rocket customers – with critical missions. Instead of a dozen fleet, including 30 per cent more performance than the Delta different rockets, all of which require their own research, IV Heavy, mission durations extended to weeks, unlimited development, maintenance and other costs, the Vulcan engine burns and refuelling/reuse. will be one system for all missions.

Q As it currently stands, for the Vulcan you look likely to go for Q Access to Space is very important for our industry and the (LOx)/liquid natural gas (LNG) BE4 engine availability of launch services often seems to be caught in built by Blue Origin. Are there any issues with respect to using a bottle-neck these days. How does the launch industry an engine from a potential competitor, and is there any chance respond to this concern? of you staying with a LOx/Kerosene type instead? A ULA will continue to lead the industry in making space A The BE4 remains our primary path with its expected more accessible by offering the marketplace a sure ride,

“THE BACKBONE OF ULA’S PHENOMENAL RECORD IS OUR PROCESSES AND DISCIPLINES, ALONG WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY. OUR PERFECT RECORD OF 111 IS ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT IT IS SPREAD ACROSS THE 41 CONFIGURATIONS WE OFFER.”

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one that will always get you to your destination, when you A I fenced competitively in college, along with archery. I want to go. Our new innovations like RapidLaunch™ will collect the odd medieval antique which usually turns into make it even easier to find your ride. And, as we bring all of a dust collector. Growing up on a ranch in the Sierras, I this to the marketplace, at a substantially reduced cost, we are shoot and ride. I still have two horses and am on horseback making space more accessible. When Vulcan/ACES comes on whenever I have the time. If you catch me on the trail, line, going to space will feel as easy as catching the afternoon you’d likely see some yahoo’ing and breakneck galloping commuter train. through the woods, but don’t tell my wife. My coat of arms needs some rockets and an eagle. Q You have a history in missile defence and nuclear weaponry. How does the launch industry differ? COMMENT BY DAVID TODD: A I do. I have been building rockets my entire life. I spent several Tory Bruno has convincingly laid out his mission to keep ULA decades in Missile Defence and Strategic Deterrence. These are competitive following the loss of its US Government launch monopoly. high consequence systems that must be completely safe and Initially this will be achieved via a combination of high reliability and utterly reliable. I now have the unique perspective of having quick availability in ULA’s RapidLaunch™ service. which will also managed the only two major systems that have broken the be open for commercial flights via LMCLS. Longer term, however, 100 consecutive successes mark. This is the “sound barrier” Bruno sees reusability as the way forward. He explained why Vulcan’s of large rocket reliability. My years developing and managing somewhat complex air-capture technique for engine recovery is more systems that absolutely had to work, where lives were at risk if fuel efficient for payload injection than other forms of rocket reuse. they did not, prepared me well to join the world’s best Space Perhaps it is best not to challenge him to a joust or duel on Launch team. any of the above points as he knows how to ride a horse, wield a sword and even shoot accurately, although presumably Q You have written books about the Knights Templar. What key never from the roofs of ULA’s buildings at Cape Canaveral. things should we know about them and are you one? Tory Bruno’s code of honour, probably derived from the Knights A My books focus on how the Knights ran their multinational Templar’s chivalric notions, is apparent in the Latin motto meaning business and how they were challenged by a fundamental “Honour and Family” on his suggested coat-of-arms. By the way, his disruption in their environment. They conclude with lessons design’s black eagle shield supported by two rockets is just about learned for powerful, highly successful intuitions that allowable on a medieval coat of arms (China’s black powder secret face a need to transform. I am a member of the Sovereign had been imported by then). Having said that, one wonders whether, Military Order of Jerusalem, and its Order of Merit, a modern given his apparent colourful personality, a more colourful bird might charitable society and UN NGO patterned after the medieval have been more appropriate for his shield? Although probably not a organisation. budgie.

Q If you could go back in time and be a knight of old (like Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee) what would be on your coat of arms? Do you do any of the modern equivalents of those traditional knight activities of jousting, archery, falconry etc (i.e. horse riding or fencing, shooting, owning a budgie, etc.)?

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course to be commercially available by the close of this year. From a broader perspective, our next challenge is to supplement global coverage with coverage in depth in key regions; providing additional GX capacity where we believe we will or are experiencing greatest potential demand. We are achieving this with the launch of Inmarsat-5 F4. I-5 F4 was originally created as a back-up should any issues occur in completing the initial network. Now we have global coverage, the business case is already there to launch I-5 F4. Additionally, we have begun work on constructing our 6th generation fleet (Inmarsat-6), which will be a dual L-band/Ka-band payload. When the first I-6 satellite is MICHELE FRANCI expected to be launched at the end of this decade, it will further increase the depth of GX/Ka-band capacity we are to offer. CTO, Inmarsat Q How are you planning to tackle global telecom expansion requirements, what new innovations are you looking at implementing to keep up with demand? A We are living through an era of unprecedented growth in Q Inmarsat has been developing Global Xpress (GX), what are demand for data services. That much of this demand is about the challenges you are facing with this project? What function access to data ‘on the move’ is an important underpinning of is the I-5 F4 satellite going to carry out in orbit in addition to our investment strategy. In fact, it was Inmarsat’s ability to the previous three satellites? forecast this trend ahead of the curve that led to our multi- A Global Xpress was certainly a challenging project. Building the billion dollar investment in our new Ka-band platform for world’s first globally available high-speed, mobile broadband global mobile high-speed broadband delivered by a single network by a single operator is a complex undertaking. operator, and enabled us to deliver this well ahead of our We set ourselves an ambitious set of objectives; to create a competitors’ offerings. truly mobile broadband experience anywhere in the world – on However, we are seeing not just growth in demand for land, at sea, and in the air – and to surpass other offerings both mobile data capacity. There is, equally, a growing expectation globally and regionally. that along with great capacity comes ever more sophisticated Added to this, we set out to build this new, market-changing services and applications. network from scratch, to ensure that, as with our other satellite Inmarsat’s strategy is, therefore, not focused on adding communication constellations, Global Xpress was designed capacity alone; although this is important and alongside our specifically for mobility. recent investment in our Global Xpress, Ka-band platform, Through a combination of our in-house engineering expertise we have now commissioned the first of our sixth generation and the support of a set of world-class partners, including Boeing, fleet (Inmarsat-6), the first of which is expected to be launched VT iDirect and Cisco, we overcame all these challenges to deliver at the end of the decade. Inmarsat-6 satellites will be our first a commercially operational network at the end of 2015. dual-payload spacecraft, providing both a new generation Of course, challenges remain but the vast majority of the risk of L-band services, as well as enabling us to significantly is now behind us. increase the depth of Ka-band capacity we are able to deploy What we are focused on now is supporting the launch in specific, bandwidth hungry regions. of industry-specific broadband services powered by Global In terms of providing additional services and applications Xpress. This has already been successfully achieved within our over our Ka-band platform, we are building a new ecosystem Maritime, Enterprise and Government business units. Our of partners; one that takes us well beyond the traditional Aviation offering is currently undergoing flight tests and is on relationships seen in satellite communications. Over the

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coming years, you will see a host of apps that originated in unprecedented broadband capacity for commercial aircraft; terrestrial telecoms being ported over to our satellite platform an initiative that is being turned into reality through our but, additionally, you will see a unique set of applications that partnership with Deutsche Telekom. are designed to exploit the new capabilities available through Underpinning these initiatives, Inmarsat is creating an satellite-delivered, high-speed mobile broadband. even broader community through our annual Inmarsat One such partnership is the new relationship announced last Developer Conferences (IDC), which attract hundreds of year between Inmarsat and Rolls-Royce, which sees Inmarsat technology companies and app developers; many of whom participating in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne had never previously considered creating services for use Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls- over satcom networks. Royce. This project brings together industry partners together with universities, research institutes, ship owners and other Q How are you using risk transfer mechanisms to further stakeholders to explore the economic, social, legal, regulatory enable your innovations? and technological factors which need to be addressed in order to A We see Inmarsat’s role in future to be as both a network, make autonomous ships a reality. delivering connectivity, and as a platform, through which Inmarsat’s role in the project is to provide the satellite other companies can create and deploy new services. In communications link and platform, which is essential to remote this scenario, our focus is to build the core space and control capability. For Inmarsat, the goal is not the autonomous ground infrastructure necessary, whilst ensuring that our ship per se but rather the incremental technologies and new platform is fully accessible to those companies who are not applications that will enable ship owners and operators to dedicated solely to satcoms. enhance their capabilities, generate additional revenues or One example of this approach is our Public Private reduce costs; all powerful motivators for deploying new services Partnership (PPP) agreement with the European Space and applications. Agency (ESA) to support the Inmarsat Communications We also recently announced a long-term strategic partnership Evolution (ICE) initiative. ICE aims to identify the new with VT iDirect to create a joint research & development (R&D) technologies necessary to create the next generation of team – i2 – to support the development of the next generation space-enabled communications services, and is focused on satellite communications technologies. creating an open architecture with standardised interfaces If we look at our innovative approach to airline passenger that will ensure an easy entry point for application connectivity in Europe, Inmarsat is building the world’s first developers, thereby stimulating the creation of new dedicated, hybrid satellite and air-to-ground network to deliver products and services.

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Our role is to create the building blocks that technology ever greater IoT capabilities into our network. companies and app developers need to create new services. We As with our approach to the building services for our high- do not believe that we will decide on the range or type of apps speed broadband network (Global Xpress), our approach to that could operate over these platform; that is for our partners IoT is to create partnerships. Inmarsat recently announced and end-users to determine. its partnership with Actility, the industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN), and a founding member Q We are aware that you have used different launch providers in of the LoRa Alliance, to enable an end-to-end IoT solution to the past, but in appointing SpaceX for satellite launches what connect assets over public and private networks, anywhere in was the specific strategy for this decision? the world. A Today, SpaceX is a mainstream provider and has already We have also introduced the Inmarsat BGAN Radio Module demonstrated an excellent record of innovative and success. (BRM) to make it easier and cheaper for application developers We work SpaceX alongside other launch providers, such as ILS to build satellite-connected products and enable the millions and Arianespace, and this diversity of partners is something we of new connected objects and machines, without the need intend of maintain. for a wealth of in-depth knowledge about satellites and how they work. Q What part are you playing in the Internet of Things (IOT?) At the heart of BRM lies all the technology and IP necessary A Inmarsat currently operates to distinct (although linked) to interface with a complex satellite network, embodying it networks with very different characteristics. in a small, cheap, simple to use module. Our Ka-band platform enables us to manage the ‘big data’ We’re taking millions of lines of code, hundreds of requirements of a diverse range of end-users. Our L-band thousands of hours of developing, testing and debugging, network offers lower bandwidth capabilities but, particularly and thousands of pages of specification and delivering them in terms of IoT applications, provides more efficient data as a pre-tested, pre-certified module. collection capabilities. The recent announcement that we have By taking away the huge start-up cost for our partners and commissioned the first two Inmarsat-6 satellites from Airbus, developers to build a satellite-connected device, they can which includes a dual Ka-band and L-band payload, underlines concentrate on putting their development dollars into the our continuing commitment to L-band services and to building differentiators that drive their business.

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Space Powwow! A series of dynamic short talks on illuminating and inspiring tales of innovation and entrepreneurship that will be an essential part of the upcoming WSRF 2016 event program.

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WEDNESDAY 2ND NOV 3:30PM TO 3:45PM

THE MEAN IS MEANINGLESS! Dr. Darren S. McKnight, Technical Director, Integrity Applications Inc.

Space debris is a growing concern for the operational integrity of payloads in Earth orbit. While modelling of the evolving hazard has highlighted what we know about this growing environmental concern, recent analysis focuses on what we do not know. Unfortunately, what we do not know may be more impactful and relevant than what we do know.

MOONSHOTS - THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE IN THE FUTURE Tariq Qureishy, Founder/CEO MAD Talks

“Moonshot thinking” to make a difference in business and in life. The only way to do it now is by being creatively disruptive. Taking a massive global issue to solve, take a completely radical and unorthodox approach and throw science & technology coupled with some art & design at it to find the solutions. This is 10x thinking (not 10% growth thinking anymore).

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IS THE MOON STILL THERE IF WE CLOSE OUR EYES? Reto Schneider, Director, Swiss Re

This short talk will cover uncertainty and how to manage VUCA (vulnerabilities, uncertainties, complexity and ambiguity). Is success in business really plannable or do we rather depend upon serendipity? What is needed to cope with future trends ranging from “cyborgisation” to “gamification” and from “smart city” to “space reloaded”?

HOPE - MISSION TO MARS Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)

MBRSC is a strategic initiative by the Dubai government to inspire scientific innovation, technological advancement, and to advance sustainable development in the UAE. The Emirates Mars Mission is one such project and will see the launch of the historic Hope Probe in 2021, on the 50th anniversary of the union of the emirates.

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WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN – RETURN OF THE LEO CONSTELLATIONS Chris Quilty, President, Quilty Analytics, Inc.

“Commercial space” has once again emerged as the key force propelling the industry, but do the lessons of the 1990s still pertain today? Will the combined effects of low-cost launch, smallsats, and agile business models enable the current generation of LEO constellations to avoid a 1990s redux or will the bankruptcy courts once again separate the (eventual) winners from the losers?

THE UNKNOWN Barry A. Matsumori, SVP – Business Development & Advanced Concepts, Virgin Galactic

Our activities in Space are filled with unknowns; ranging from technologies to business. Yet that set of unknowns is the whole source of opportunity and growth. Unknowns are the allure of Space and why we are all involved. Space continues to be filled with unknowns due to new applications, technology, and architectural changes. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

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