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Commercial use of space

Index Commercial use of space

Commercial use of space is the provision of goods or services of commercial value by using equipment sent into Earth orbit or outer space. [1]

52 relations: Aerospace, Axiom Space, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Bigelow Aerospace, Billionaire space race, Bob Citron, Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984, Communications satellite, Contemporary history, Digital television in Malaysia, Eric C. Anderson, Galileo (satellite navigation), Global commons, Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization, International Institute of Space Commerce, International Space Station, James Benson, Jeffrey Manber, Jon Michael Smith, Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984, Law, Leroy Chiao, Luc-Normand Tellier, Militarisation of space, MirCorp, NanoRacks Airlock Module, NewSpace, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, OneSpace, Outline of space science, Satellite television, Sirius Satellite Radio, Space colonization, Space elevator economics, Space For Humanity, Space industry, Space jurisdiction, Space Launch Liability Indemnification Extension Act, Space launch market competition, Space law, Space policy, Space propaganda, Space techniques, Space tourism, Space Transport Corporation, Television in Malaysia, The Zeta Project, Thomas Simpson, Timeline of private spaceflight, Tourism on the Moon, ..., United Launch Alliance, United States House Science Subcommittee on Space. Expand index (2 more) »

Aerospace

Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics).

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Axiom Space

Axiom Space is an American space technology startup company based in Houston, Texas, that plans to manufacture and develop orbital space stations.

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Bernard A. Harris Jr.

Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas) is a former NASA astronaut.

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Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace is an American space technology startup company based in North Las Vegas, Nevada, that manufactures and develops expandable space station modules.

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Billionaire space race

The billionaire space race is the intense rivalry in NewSpace by recent space entrepreneurs, who entered the space industry as billionaires from other industries, particularly computing.

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Bob Citron

Robert A. Citron, often called Bob Citron (September 14, 1932 – January 31, 2012) was an American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the University of the Philippines (liberal arts) and aeronautical engineering from Northrop University (1953–1959).

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Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984

Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 is a United States federal law authored to facilitate the private enterprise of the commercialization of space and space technology.

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Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunications signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.

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Contemporary history

Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history which describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present.

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Digital television in Malaysia

In Malaysia, digital television broadcasts, DTV or DHD, can be received via cable, internet, satellite, or via free over-the-air (OTA) digital terrestrial television - much like analogue television broadcasts have been.

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Eric C. Anderson

Eric C. Anderson (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer.

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Galileo (satellite navigation)

Galileo is the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that is being created by the European Union (EU) through the European Space Agency (ESA), headquartered in Prague in the Czech Republic, with two ground operations centres, Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in Germany and Fucino in Italy.

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Global commons

Global commons is a term typically used to describe international, supranational, and global resource domains in which common-pool resources are found.

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Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization

The Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization, generally known as the Heinlein Prize, was founded in 1988 to reward individuals who make practical contributions to the commercialization of space.

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International Institute of Space Commerce

The International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC) was established at the Isle of Man in 2007 as a corporation between the International Space University (ISU) and the Government of the Isle of Man.

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.

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James Benson

James William Benson (– October 10, 2008), also known as Jim Benson, was the founder of SpaceDev, a commercial satellite and satellite component development company, and the Benson Space Company, a civilian spaceflight venture focused on commercial space tourism.

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Jeffrey Manber

Jeffrey Manber is regarded as one of the pioneering commercial space entrepreneurs.

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Jon Michael Smith

Jon Michael Smith (born September 6, 1938) is an American scientist/engineer, retired NASA officer, and author, who developed the numerical integration technique known as T-integration.

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Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984

The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of satellite imagery data obtained from Earth observation satellites located in a geocentric orbit above the atmosphere of Earth.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Leroy Chiao

Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant.

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Luc-Normand Tellier

Luc-Normand Tellier (born October 10, 1944) is a Professor Emeritus in spatial economics of the University of Quebec at Montreal.

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Militarisation of space

The militarisation of space is the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space.

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MirCorp

MirCorp was a commercial space company created in 1999 by space entrepreneurs and involving the Russian space program that successfully undertook a number of firsts in the business of space exploration by using the aging Russian space station Mir as a commercial platform.

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NanoRacks Airlock Module

The NanoRacks Airlock Module is a commercially-funded airlock module intended to be launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-19 in 2019.

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NewSpace

NewSpace—formerly alt.space; also new space, entrepreneurial space, astropreneurship, and commercial space—are umbrella terms for a movement and philosophy encompassing a globally emerging, private spaceflight industry.

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Office of Commercial Space Transportation

The Office of Commercial Space Transportation (generally referred to as FAA/AST or simply AST) is the branch of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that approves any commercial rocket launch operations — that is, any launches that are not classified as model, amateur, or "by and for the government" — in the case of a U.S. launch operator and/or a launch from the U.S.

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OneSpace

OneSpace (l) or One Space Technology (language |p.

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Outline of space science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space science: Space science encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomena and physical bodies occurring in outer space, such as space medicine and astrobiology.

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Satellite television

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.

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Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings.

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Space colonization

Space colonization (also called space settlement, or extraterrestrial colonization) is permanent human habitation off the planet Earth.

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Space elevator economics

Space elevator economics compares the cost of sending a payload into Earth orbit via a space elevator with the cost of doing so with alternatives, like rockets.

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Space For Humanity

Space For Humanity, also known as S4H, is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

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Space industry

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services.

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Space jurisdiction

Space jurisdiction, a field addressing what countries can enforce various laws in space, has become more important as the private sector enters the field of space tourism.

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Space Launch Liability Indemnification Extension Act

The Space Launch Liability Indemnification Extension Act is a bill that would extend until December 31, 2014 the current limitation on liability of commercial space launch companies.

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Space launch market competition

The space launch services business began in the 1950s with national programs.

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Space law

Space law encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space.

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Space policy

Space policy is the political decision-making process for, and application of, public policy of a state (or association of states) regarding spaceflight and uses of outer space, both for civilian (scientific and commercial) and military purposes.

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Space propaganda

Space propaganda is about achievements in space science and technology that are used as propaganda.

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Space techniques

In Aerospace Engineering, the term Space Techniques is related with the planning and design process of future space missions.

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Space tourism

Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.

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Space Transport Corporation

Space Transport Corporation, or STC, was a company based in Forks, Washington whose goal was to commercialize space.

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Television in Malaysia

Malaysian television broadcasting was introduced on 28 December 1963.

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The Zeta Project

The Zeta Project is an American science fiction animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

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Thomas Simpson

Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 – 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals.

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Timeline of private spaceflight

The following is a timeline of important events in the history of private spaceflight, including important technical as well as legislative and political advances.

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Tourism on the Moon

Lunar tourism may be possible in the future if trips to the Moon are made available to a private audience.

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

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United States House Science Subcommittee on Space

The Science Subcommittee on Space is one of six subcommittees of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_use_of_space

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