Tag Archives: PNT
Top Trends in Space, 2024
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 11 January, 2024 |
As we enter 2024 the London Economics Ltd Space Team shares its thoughts on the top space industry trends to watch out for this year.
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The Economic Impact on the UK of a Disruption to GNSS (2021)
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | UK Space Agency | |
| Published: | 18 October, 2023 |
Daily life in the UK is underpinned by signals from satellites orbiting in space. People and businesses across the entire economy rely on infrastructure called Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), often called ‘satellite navigation’, to determine their position, velocity, and time. Many critical sectors depend on GNSS, in many cases without their explicit knowledge. This […]
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London Economics at the Royal Institute of Navigation’s UK PNT Leadership Seminar
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 9 November, 2022 |
Image source: NASA, Artist’s impression of a STEREO Spacecraft Viewing CME, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/mission_stereo.html Use of the image does not imply NASA’s endorsement of the report. On 1st November this year the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) brought together experts representing “the UK’s leaders in government, industry, academia and key user communities.” London Economics produced a Concept […]
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Untangling the OneWeb Web
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 27 August, 2020 |
On July 3rd 2020, the British government committed $500m to successfully acquire a 45% stake in OneWeb[i], a company whose ambitions for mass constellation broadband were thwarted by Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March.[ii] The size of the taxpayer commitment, uncertainties over the commercial and technical feasibility of OneWeb and its strategic alignment with UK space […]