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ESA Technology Transfer Success Story - Cities as Spaceships: The circular resource economyOct 2021

The wastewater of major cities is rich on nutrients and abundantly available. SEMiLLA IPStar and ESA are cooperating to tab into this resource by creating a water recycling system based on the circular life support MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life S...
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ESA announces winners of the Global Space Markets ChallengeOct 2021

German SME DcubeD and Spanish SME Detektia Earth Surface Monitoring are the winners of ESA’s Global Space Markets Challenge. During the final round of the competition both companies delivered pitches which secured them the first place in the u...
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G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting 2021Oct 2021

On 20 and 21 September 2021, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) opened the door to the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting 2021. Over two days, Heads of the G20 Space Agencies discussed the contribution of the Space Economy to the global economy, and t...
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SPAC and the Space IndustrySep 2021

Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are publicly traded and seek funding to merge or acquire private companies who are willing to go public as well. “SPACs are shell companies with no operations that raise capital through an initial publi...
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Top 12 companies selected in Global Space Markets ChallengeSep 2021

ESA’s Global Space Markets Challenge has reached its next phase. The competition’s Selection Committee has chosen the top 12 applicants. Each applicant has been invited to deliver a five-minute pitch on their internationalisation plans...
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The Size & Health of the UK Space industry in 2019Aug 2021

The United Kingdom’s Space Agency (UKSA) just published its regular report “Size & Health of the Space industry” in May 2021, presenting key figures on the UK space industry in 2018/19.In this report, UKSA forecasted an estimated spac...
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Global Space Markets Challenge: Longlists announcedAug 2021

The Global Space Markets Challenge pre-selection committee has established two longlists for the competition’s upstream and downstream categories. By 10 September, 12 finalists – six from each category – will be invited to pitch thei...
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Copernicus Sentinel data supporting the pulp and paper industry in PortugalJun 2021

The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) aims to gather quantitative evidence that the usage of Copernicus Sentinel data provides an effective and convenient support to various market applications. Over 20 case studies have ...
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Entrepreneurship and private investment trends in the European space sector in 2020Jun 2021

In view of profound changes of the space activities’ landscape, the European Space Policy Institute published its annual report “Space Venture Europe” in May 2021, addressing the entrepreneurship and private investment trends in Europe in...
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Global Space Markets Challenge CompetitionJun 2021

The Global Space Markets Challenge is a new competition launched by ESA with the operational and technical support of EURISY, a European non-profit association of over 15 national space agencies and other organisations involved in space activit...
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Metalysis–ESA Grand Challenge: team Malt wins first phaseMay 2021

Metalysis and ESA announce team Malt as winner of the first phase of the Grand Challenge to develop innovative techniques for future lunar settlements."ESA’s Grand Challenge fosters New Space initiatives in Europe and this brings us into cont...
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OECD’s approach to space sustainability and the economics of space debris in perspectiveMay 2021

In the context of increasing space activities, addressing space debris is becoming more important. In April 2020, the OECD Space Forum provided an economic analysis of the issue of space debris by reviewing the most relevant socio-economic impa...
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