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Lesley Jane Smith OUR MISSION STATEMENT The British Interplanetary Society promotes the exploration and use of space for the benefit of humanity, connecting people to create, educate and inspire, and advance knowledge in all aspects of astronautics. JBIS Vol 71 No.11 November 2018 397 INTRODUCTION Introduction RiSpace 2018, London Now under the stewardship of the BIS, the 2018 RiSpace Conference was held in the convivial surroundings of the Hamilton Place Conference Centre in London over three days 30 October–1 November. ince its inception, the Re-Inventing Space conference has aimed to provide a forum where novel ideas for space systems can be presented and discussed. Fol- lowing its move to the UK in 2014 under the steward- Sship of the BIS, the conference has increasingly at- tracted contributions from around the world, demonstrating the planet-wide interest in, and dependence upon, the space domain. This tradition was continued at the 2018 RISpace which was held in the Regency surroundings of Hamilton Place in London. The papers in this issue of JBIS are a selection of the highest-ranked submissions that the BIS received following its call for papers in 2018, chosen to provide a balanced reflec- tion of the event itself. They cover a range of novel concepts and show conclusively that advances in technology present satellite system designers with a continuing challenge to Re-Invent Space. Details of future conferences in this series can be found at http://rispace.org/ Stuart Eves, Chair of Programme Committee 398 Vol 71 No.11 November 2018 JBIS JBIS VOLUME 71 2018 PAGES 399-405 THE MARKET FOR A UK LAUNCHER VADIM ZAKIROV, ALAN PERERA-WEBB, RICHARD OSBORNE, CONSTANTINE MILYAEV, GERRY WEBB, Commercial Space Technologies Ltd., 67 Shakespeare Road, Hanwell, London W7 1LU, United Kingdom . Email [email protected] After five decades since the launch of Black Arrow, the UK government resurrects the national launcher programme. Selection of the new national commercial launcher is the next critical milestone. While the future UK launcher specs from UK spaceports are still vague, Commercial Space Technologies (CST) Limited continually forecasts its general prospects. The forecast is based on data obtained from SpaceTrak database by Seradata Limited. To ensure commercial success, the new UK launcher must secure a significant share of the commercial launch market. CST’s forecast defines the launch market of customers willing to launch their spacecraft (limited to 225 kg by mass) commercially from the UK vertical launch site to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) and Polar Orbits (PO) during 2020-2030. It is assumed that the UK launcher has to compete with other small launchers for the market. It is demonstrated that success rests on the implementation of a smart launch pricing strategy and a timely entry to the market. The pricing strategy winning the UK launcher from 32% to 61% of the small launcher market is presented and the assessments for the UK launcher sales are given. The key outcome is compared to the earlier UK government, Euroconsult and other forecasts and found to be less a optimistic one. The discrepancy among the CST’s and the other forecast numbers is explained. Further enhancements in the forecast’s accuracy are possible once the UK launcher and spaceport specs are determined. Keywords: Spacecraft, Launcher, Market 1 INTRODUCTION Lockheed Martin launcher (a variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron); a small launcher