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Smallsat market more than quadruples in the 2020s, Euroconsult finds

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 17: ‘Next Steps to the Moon: What Role for Europe? ’, originally published in November 2017.

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 21: ‘On the importance of narratives in outer space ’, originally published in March 2018.

It was reported that S7 Space was ready to order up to 50 rockets from Roscosmos with an option for another 35 if Soyuz-5 met the company's requirements. However, as the general director of S7 Space Sergey Sopov pointed out, the Russian government had lost interest in his company immediately after the deal had been closed.

  A message from ThorGroup Management   In our last Seasonal Thoughts 2017, we spoke about our recent past and our outlook for 2018. We are pleased to announce that in January 2018, we expanded globally – SpaceWatch.Global is live now! We would also like to announce that on Sunday …

We hear the same thing over and over again at industry conferences all over the world: ‘We must do something about orbital debris’ and yet, somehow, there has been a failure to act. This is a hugely serious problem that has the potential to cause catastrophic collisions in orbit, putting …

A message from ThorGroup Management In our last Seasonal Thoughts 2017 we spoke about our recent past and where we stand today. Now, we are ready to disclose a few of our plans for next year. As of January 2018 we will go global – SpaceWatch.Global! SpaceWatch Middle East will …

With 20.8 million devices connected to the Internet by 2020 [Source, Gartner], and requiring constant connectivity, the wireless industry has a big job to do. Today, we are embarking on an era where the proliferation of devices – everything from tablets and phones to cars, watches, the white goods in …

A message from ThorGroup Management We established ThorGroup over two years ago now. Our vision was to start a publication that focused on space in emerging areas of the world. The first area, and an area of our own interest and expertise, was the Middle East. Where ThorGroup does the analytics …

Our insatiable hunger to be connected has now well and truly extended to the skies and also to the high seas. No longer are we content to access connectivity at home and whilst out and about. We want it everywhere – and that means at sea and in the air. …