Tag Archives: space economy
Trends in Space (as Presented at Danish National Space Conference 2023)
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | November, 2023 |
Rasmus Flytkjaer, Partner in the Space Team at London Economics, presented a view on the dominant trends in space at the Danish National Space Conference on 10/11/2023. The talk content is summarised below and in the PowerPoint deck linked above. Subscribe to Space in Focus * indicates required First Name Last Name Email Address […]
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Market Dynamics of the Space Sector: Executive Summary
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
| Published: | 9 August, 2023 |
What determines success or failure for UK space sector companies? How can the government identify and support high growth potential companies? London Economics’ recent report for the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) represents a first attempt to derive statistical inferences from the unique ‘Size and Health of the UK Space Industry’ dataset […]
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Europe’s Space Sector: Unlocking Potential Through R&D
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 31 August, 2023 |
Investing in space R&D and hence encouraging innovation can foster firm-level growth in the space sector and ultimately boost the economy. Despite empirical evidence from the UK and support from the broader literature, there is still a large gap in R&D investments in the European space sector which needs to be filled to maintain the […]
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What Can Space Do for Europe’s Future Energy Security? Space-Based Solar Power Evaluated
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | European Space Agency (ESA) | |
| Published: | 31 August, 2022 |
Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) is a concept that has existed since the 1970s, but developments in the space industry, concerns about Europe’s energy security, and the need to decarbonise have created a renewed interest in the concept. In this context, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned London Economics and Frazer-Nash to investigate the technical feasibility, […]
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Star Wars and Space Clubs
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 1 April, 2021 |
In 1999, Thomas Bell, writing for the US Center for Strategy and Technology suggested that it was “inevitable that mankind will weaponize space and equally likely that this will take place in the next thirty years”. Space is increasingly openly considered as a military domain alongside land, sea, air, and cyber, where national security and […]
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Gold from Trash: Space Surveillance and Tracking
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 17 December, 2020 |
In this issue of Space in Focus former Economic Consultant, Nick Oswald, considers the implications of this ever-increasing need. Humanity’s collective space-faring actions are the predominant cause of the ever-increasing accumulation of debris in-orbit. There is general consensus that this is a ‘bad’ thing. The main causes for disagreements relate to how much of a […]
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LEO Satcoms in the NewSpace Era: Key to the Mass Market or Empty Promise?
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 6 February, 2020 |
Satellites have long occupied a small niche within the telecommunications ecosystem, but this could change with the arrival of High-Throughput Satellites and mass constellation LEO. Disruptive NewSpace operators pin their hopes on providing mass market broadband to the ‘unconnected’ world, but questions remain over the size of these markets, the cost of user technologies, and […]
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The Economic Impact on the UK of a Disruption to GNSS
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | Innovate UK, UK Space Agency, Royal Institute of Navigation | |
| Published: | June, 2017 |
GNSS provide signals from satellites orbiting in space to give us accurate information on positioning, navigation and timing. These systems have a large range of uses but, until now, the economic benefits have not always been well understood. This study aims to provide an answer in terms of estimated economic impact of a five day […]