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Space Industry Bulletin December 2018 VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 2 www.spaceindustrybulletin.com Space Industry Bulletin Market analysis and business intelligence for the space community Space sector deal edges closer despite Westminster turmoil he UK space industry will the speech he made at the RAL have heaved a collective conference. And perhaps what Tsigh of relief as the will help in pushing through the CONTENTS crucial Space Sector Deal looks Space Sector Deal is that it does to have survived a critical not rely on any new money com - Industry news 2 l £92m GNSS study after Galileo period in Westminster, with the ing through. lockout resignation of space minister “Rather it is about alignment l UK instrument records the first Sam Gyimah followed just a of existing funding and tapping Martian sounds few weeks later by a vote of no into the Industrial Strategy Chal - l Commentators question viability confidence in Theresa May lenge Fund in order to carry out been asked for clarifications of microlaunchers l Drone standards will be key for which, had she lost, could new activities,” said Mr Peters. around some of the ideas for the industry ultimately have brought down Getting the Space Sector Deal the Sector Deal, and that he l Competition tribunal rules in the Government. progressed will be very depen - was looking forward to favour of Ofcom’s EAN decision Hopeful of still have a Space dent on a successful ISCF Wave showcasing what a National l Space sector deal edges closer despite political turmoil Sector Deal pushed through, 3, focusing on the ‘space data Space Programme could UKSpace chairman Graham revolution’ (SDR). achieve. “We are focusing on UK space economy 6 Peters has already spoken with In preparation for a meeting what the annouceables will be l UK Space Agency lays out vision, incoming space minister Chris with Mr Skidmore – hopefully when we get the Deal over the mission and actions Skidmore, who specifically men - as scheduled in January – Mr line,” he concluded. UK space exports 8 tioned the Space Sector Deal in Peters said that the team had l Full report page 4 l Value in focus on emerging economies for space export Global market update 10 UK Space Agency lays out its l A challenging global economic environment, but not a crisis vision, mission and actions Space tech investment 12 l Investment remains ecember has seen the space as a fundamental part of concentrated in launchers and constellations publication by the UK the UK’s economy and society DSpace Agency of its cor - and unlocking new markets and Satellite market analysis 14 porate plan for 2019, laying out technologies. l Q3 decline in small satellite its vision for what it wants to be, To assess how it is doing, the launches doesn’t indicate trend its mission for to achieve those Agency has defined a series of l 3,300 satellites to be built over next decade in $284bn market ambitions, and its priority actions success measures, and will report to deliver the mission goals. monthly on its performance to Technology 18 The Agency’s mission focuses its Executive Board, quarterly to l Four key disruptions are driving on the economy, society and se - its Steering Board, and at quar - the space industry curity, science and collaboration. terly meetings with its BEIS spon - Future missions 19 With regard to economy, the sor team. ESA invitations to tender 20 Agency is looking to embed l Full report page 6 UK Space Agency grants 22 THIS ISSUE IN NUMBERS... In£ves9tm2entm in UK Satell1ite 0bui% lders who An£nu4al b0udm get in s3ate,ll3ites0 to0 be $Ven3tur.e2 campital P1ro.je6cte% d UK GNSS feasibility have invested in serial Indonesia for space built over the next investment in space economy growth after study production technology technology decade companies a smooth Brexit Page 2 Page 18 Page 8 Page 16 Page 12 Page 10 Industry news £92m GNSS study Instrument after Galileo lockout records the he NASA InSight lander, he Government has which is supported by committed £92m to an Tthe UK Space Agency, T18 month programme to has recorded a haunting, low design a UK Global Navigation rumble caused by vibrations Satellite System, following news from the wind. that Britain will be locked out of These vibrations were Galileo following Brexit – detected by an ultra-sensitive despite having invested some seismometer, developed in £1.2bn in the project. And it is the UK, and an air pressure unclear whether the UK will get sensor sitting on the lander’s that money back. deck. Science minister Chris The UK Space Agency is leading the work to explore options to build the UK’s own had not been fully involved in the British system must be GNSS system, with the full their development. Prime compatible with the US GPS support of the Ministry of minister Theresa May said: system, meaning that if either Defence. Any British system will “Given the Commission’s were subject to malicious provide both open and decision to bar the UK from attack the other could provide encrypted signals, giving it the being fully involved in crucial positioning information. same range of commercial and developing all aspects of Galileo Recent estimates indicate security applications as GPS it is only right that we find that over 11% of the UK’s GDP is and Galileo. alternatives. directly supported by satellite British Armed Forces were “I cannot let our armed navigation systems and the due to have access to Galileo’s services depend on a system we Blackett review estimated that a encrypted system when it is cannot be sure of. That would failure of service could cost the fully operational in 2026. not be in our national interest. UK economy £1 billion a day. However the National Cyber And as a global player with Resilient and secure position, Security Centre and Ministry of world-class engineers and navigation and timing services Defence have concluded it steadfast allies around the are increasingly essential for would not be in the UK’s world we are not short of defence, critical national security interests to use the options.” When commissioning infrastructure and emergency system’s secure elements if it options Mrs May set out that response. Commentators question microlauncher future ccess to space was in the names like Landspace, Commercial players, it says, will spotlight at an ESA- Linkspace, Onespace, iSpace offer and enable real-time Ahosted workshop in Paris and Expace. imagery, digital transformation, on Europe’s emerging “There is going to be a and seamless global microlaunch services market, shakeout in the small launch connectivity. after which five companies – business soon and there will “Small-satellites are the PLD Space, Deimos, Avio, only be a few survivors.” focus of changing space ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace A further commentator industry dynamics with current – each shared the findings of questioned whether developing rideshare capacity insufficient to their ESA-funded feasibility has already been to orbit twice a small rocket dedicated to meet future small-satellite studies. with its Electron rocket and is small satellites makes any launch demand,” said Vivek But commentators are going to do regular commercial economic sense without a Suresh Prasad, space industry questioning whether there is an launches starting in a few weeks. guaranteed anchor customer, principal at Frost & Sullivan. economically viable and And there are many more small preferably a government. “Existing players such as Airbus, commercially self-sustaining launch companies possibly However, market research Eutelsat and Thales Alenia are business model for the reaching flight as soon as next organisation Frost & Sullivan investing in small-satellite numerous companies looking to year such as Virgin Orbit, Vector, expects launch demand to businesses to develop their enter the sector. Firefly, Relativity, etc. increase to 11,740 small- systems and infrastructure and One noted: “It’s going to be a “Then there are the Chinese satellites by 2030 with revenues harness lucrative, future, low- difficult challenge. Rocket Lab companies with weirdly similar reaching $70.10 billion. cost small-satellite services.” 2 www.spaceindustrybulletin.com Industry news Drone standards will developed in the UK be key for the industry first Martian sounds he first ever worldwide important step in the Standards for the drone standardisation of the global Skidmore said: “Less than two biggest increase in public Tindustry are being drone industry, encompassing weeks into the InSight investment in research and released by the International applications for all Mission, UK science is already development in UK history.” Standards Organisation (ISO). environments, including space. uncovering incredible things InSight, which landed on The long awaited Standards Robert Garbett, Convenor of about Mars. 26 November 2018, will study have been developed after the ISO Working Group “The mission is an the inside of Mars to learn how several years of global responsible for global drone example of our successful planets, moons and collaboration between standards operational Standards and space sector making a meteorites with rocky institutions from across the chairman of the BSI Committee difference to international surfaces, including the Earth world and are expected to for UK Drone Standards, said: science. Through the and its Moon, formed. It will be trigger rapid acceleration of “I am delighted that we have Government’s Industrial followed in 2020 by the British growth within the drone industry now reached the point where the Strategy, we are driving the built Mars 2020 rover. as organisations throughout the first ever Standards for the world are galvanised to adopt global drone industry are ready drone technology against a new for public consultation after background of reassurance on three years of hard work and safety and security.
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