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Catalonia NewSpace Strategy Catalonia NewSpace Strategy This work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Licence Summary of the licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.ca Full licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode First edition October 2020. Author Government of Catalonia Ministry for Digital Policy and Public Administration In collaboration with Working group to define the Catalonia NewSpace Strategy Ministry of Territory and Sustainability and Ministry of Business and Knowledge 1 Catalonia NewSpace Strategy Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 2. NewSpace: a new ecosystem ................................................................................................. 8 2.1. What is NewSpace? ............................................................................................................. 8 2.2. The origin of NewSpace ...................................................................................................... 9 2.3. NewSpace and internet ..................................................................................................... 13 2.4. Importance of NewSpace .................................................................................................. 14 2.5. NewSpace spheres of action ............................................................................................ 18 2.6. Future challenges for research and innovation in NewSpace ..................................... 22 3. Available capacities in Catalonia ......................................................................................... 25 3.1. CubeSat-based missions developed in Catalonia ................................................... 26 3.2. Research and innovation centres ................................................................................ 28 3.3. Technology companies ecosystem ................................................................................. 30 3.4. Companies with potential synergies with the space sector ......................................... 33 3.5. Scientific and technological facilities ............................................................................... 34 4. NewSpace sector in Spain and Europe .............................................................................. 36 4.1. Universities .......................................................................................................................... 36 4.1.1. Universities in the Spanish State ............................................................................. 36 4.1.2. Universities in Europe ................................................................................................ 37 4.2. Research and innovation centres .................................................................................... 39 4.2.1. Research and innovation centres in the Spanish State ....................................... 39 4.2.2. Research and innovation centres in Europe .......................................................... 40 4.3. Companies and clusters .................................................................................................... 41 4.3.1. Companies in the Spanish State .............................................................................. 41 4.3.2. Companies in Europe ................................................................................................ 43 4.4. Public administrations ........................................................................................................ 45 4.4.1. Public administrations in the European sphere ..................................................... 46 4.4.2. Public administrations in the Spanish sphere ........................................................ 47 4.5. European NewSpace support programmes ................................................................... 49 4.5.1. ESA programmes ....................................................................................................... 50 4.5.2. European Commission programmes ....................................................................... 51 5. Competence and regulatory framework applicable to the space sector .................. 53 5.1. Current competence framework in the sector ................................................................ 53 5.1.1. European legislation and regulations ...................................................................... 53 2 Catalonia NewSpace Strategy 5.1.2. State legislation and regulations .............................................................................. 54 5.1.3. Existing legislation and regulations in Catalonia ................................................... 55 5.2. Need to establish some support regulations in Catalonia ............................................ 57 5.3. Ways to develop competences ........................................................................................ 58 6. Strategic analysis of NewSpace in Catalonia ................................................................... 62 7. The NewSpace Strategy for Catalonia ................................................................................ 65 7.1. Goals .................................................................................................................................... 65 7.2. Strategic action areas ........................................................................................................ 67 7.2.1. Ecosystem ................................................................................................................... 67 7.2.2. Research and innovation .......................................................................................... 72 7.2.3. Talent and society ...................................................................................................... 81 7.2.4. Infrastructures and data ............................................................................................ 87 7.2.5. Adoption of NewSpace services .............................................................................. 91 7.2.6. Legal framework ......................................................................................................... 96 8. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 99 9. Initials ........................................................................................................................................ 101 3 Catalonia NewSpace Strategy 1. Introduction NewSpace represents a new use of space, a new technology, a new set of services and, therefore, a new economy based on democratising space and the aerospace industry. One of the catalysts of this change is the appearance of the nanosatellite CubeSat standard. NewSpace includes technologies that will enable us to manage our territory better and also be better informed about it; to be proactive in the face of climate and meteorological emergencies; to have uniform Internet of Things (IoT) coverage and basic communications, thus supplementing the capabilities and coverage offered by existing service operators. NewSpace will also enable us to obtain new data that will contribute value to the territory, to people and to players in the productive sector. The NewSpace concept is based on the use of smaller satellites which cost less and require less development time compared to the current ones, that orbit the Earth at low altitude (LEO)1 and use commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)2 technologies. These characteristics represent a paradigm shift in the way we develop space missions and enable many more players to use their services in vertical and/or cross-cutting applications in diverse productive sectors. NewSpace provides opportunities to use and exploit space platforms for a great variety of applications, including scientific research, space technology development and training, Earth observation (EO) and telecommunications, such as machine to machine (MTM)3 technology, 5G and IoT4. The first revolution has occurred in the field of EO but it is in the latter sphere, telecommunications, where we see the most disruptive change coming and the one with the most potential for establishing a new market. A market capable of meeting the challenge of offering connectivity services on a uniform basis across the globe. The constellations of satellites already offer lower revisiting and latency times, and the integration of these new networks with new standards resulting from 5G technology could lead to a convergence of services linked to IoT and business to business (B2B) connectivity that will help to give us service continuity, regardless of where we are. One of the users and also major consumers of this technology will be public administrations and their ministries, departments or agencies. The Earth is going through a convulsive time where governments need more services so they can monitor the state of their territory, the impact of different phenomena – atmospheric, meteorological or terrestrial – and predict situations that could have direct consequences for their citizens and their environment. Consequently, the information and data received from EO services, combined with other data from different types of sensors spread around the country, will enable governments to manage their territory