Space exploration has long been the exclusive domain of governments and public organisations, however the role of private entities has increased with several new concepts and business models emerging.
After exciting space exploration targets including Mars, our sun, Pluto and asteroids in the past decade, the coming decades will bring just as ground-breaking achievements. Reconquering the moon with ESA`s vision of a “moon village” and Nasa`s Artemis programme makes a manned landing on mars an ever more achievable goal.
Adding to past successes in astronomy such as the first image of a black hole, the James Webb Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope of ESO generate valuable insights for astronomy and cosmology. Jaxa proved three times that samples from other celestial bodies can be retrieved to earth. This fuels the vision to capture space resources through space mining missions and private players are collecting funds.
SpaceTec Partners’ expertise and networks involves newest developments and enables targeted advisory and the provision of insights. SpaceTec Partners’ consultants have a solid background and many years of engagement in activities related to space exploration at an academic, institutional and industrial level.
We have helped public and private sector clients to further the boundaries of space exploration for the benefit of society and the economy. New business models are emerging revolving around commercial space stations, commercial Lunar and Martian constellations, to name a few.
Investors worldwide are increasingly drawn to the prospects of space transportation. A private equity fund sought to assess the risks associated with an investment in cargo activities, utilising our commercial, technical, and execution due diligence services to gain valuable insights and informed decision-making support.
Access to finance is a key enabler of entrepreneurship in a European space ecosystem which has seen several transformations and advancements in recent years. From an analysis of the role of the public sector, to evaluating market maturity and sector risks, this report provides a comprehensive review of the European space sector; identifying gaps, highlighting challenges and providing a number of recommendations and potential policy actions.
