Key Concepts
The three categories of space activities
Human Spaceflight, space science, and spaceflight applications
Definition of an 'emerging spacefaring nation'
A country that is increasing its effort in the space domain and is in the process of establishing broader autonomous capacities to access, operate in space, and benefit from space activities
The three big US Aerospace companies
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman
The Space Force's premier space acquisition center
US Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)
The space activity sector that consists of privately financed space activities
Commercial space
The four nations that ESPI conducted case studies on
UAE, Australia, Argentina, and South Korea
The two types of sectors that space actors are dividing within
Civil Space and National Security
The organization that includes 22 member states, dividing its space missions and assets into four categories: science and exploration, safety and security, applications, and enabling and support
European Space Agency (ESA)
The four types of orbits and an example of a typical mission for each
LEO - remote sensing, communications, weather
MEO - PNT
GEO - missile warning, communications, weather, remote sensing
HEO - missile warning, communications, remote sensing
The emerging space nation that is focused on developing its national industrial base, diversification, and expand space exploration activities
UAE
The 4 different companies that are working on satellite manufacturing
Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Maxar
The organization that provides regulations for interstate and international radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable communications
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The definition of "new space" and the 7 related trends
New Space: broad range of diverse, interrelated trends to include:
- New entrants
- Innovative industrial approaches
- Disruptive market solutions
- Substantial private investment
- New industry verticals and space markets
- Innovative public procurement and support schemes
- Involvement of an increasing number of space-faring nations
The emerging nation that has very high industrial development as well as security and defense drivers
Australia
The types of companies that includes large ICT companies such as Google or Facebook who are looking to expand their activities and build a cross-fertilization between ICT and space applications
Non-space companies
The name of the international forum that is dedicated to disarmament and has negotiated a variety of treaties limiting the use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
Conference on Disarmament
The rationale that points to space being a limitless source of undiscovered knowledge, applied to trying to better understand problems such as climate change
Scientific discovery
The factors that the types of relationships emerging nations have with the EU and ESA are based on
Past and current economic, political, geopolitical, and military cooperation
The two emerging nations that are working towards construction of a PNT system
South Korea and UAE (United Arab Emirates)
The organization that promotes dialogue to facilitate institutional and industrial cooperation, contributes to implementation of European space programs, and aims to reduce security risks
European Union (EU)