TY - CHAP
T1 - Earth Observation Technologies
T2 - Low-End-Market Disruptive Innovation
AU - Rodriguez-Donaire, Silvia
AU - Sureda, Miquel
AU - Garcia-Almiñana, Daniel
AU - Sierra, Eloi
AU - Perez, Jose S.
AU - Roberts, Peter
AU - Becedas, Jonathan
AU - Herdrich, Georg H.
AU - Kataria, Dhiren
AU - Outlaw, Ronald
AU - Ghizoni, Leonardo
AU - Villain, Rachel
AU - Conte, Alexis
AU - Belkouchi, Badia
AU - Smith, Katharine
AU - Edmondson, Stephen
AU - Haigh, Sarah
AU - Crisp, Nicholas
AU - Oiko, V. T. A.
AU - Lyons, Rachel
AU - Worrall, Stephen D
AU - Livadiotti, Sabrina
AU - Huyton, Claire
AU - Sinpetru, Luciana
AU - Dominguez, Rosa M.
AU - Gonzalez, David
AU - Romano, Francesco
AU - Chan, Yung-An
AU - Boxberger, Adam
AU - Fasoulas, Stefanos
AU - Traub, Constantin
AU - Jungnell, Victor
AU - Bay, Kristian
AU - Morsbøl, Jonas
AU - Schwalber, Ameli
AU - Heißerer, Barbara
PY - 2020/1/20
Y1 - 2020/1/20
N2 - After decades of traditional space businesses, the space paradigm is changing. New approaches to more efficient missions in terms of costs, design, and manufacturing processes are fostered. For instance, placing big constellations of micro- and nano-satellites in Low Earth Orbit and Very Low Earth Orbit (LEO and VLEO) enables the space community to obtain a huge amount of data in near real-time with an unprecedented temporal resolution. Beyond technology innovations, other drivers promote innovation in the space sector like the increasing demand for Earth Observation (EO) data by the commercial sector. Perez et al. stated that the EO industry is the second market in terms of operative satellites (661 units), micro- and nano-satellites being the higher share of them (61%). Technological and market drivers encourage the emergence of new start-ups in the space environment like Skybox, OneWeb, Telesat, Planet, and OpenCosmos, among others, with novel business models that change the accessibility, affordability, ownership, and commercialization of space products and services. This chapter shows some results of the H2020 DISCOVERER (DISruptive teChnOlogies for VERy low Earth oRbit platforms) Project and focuses on understanding how micro- and nano-satellites have been disrupting the EO market in front of traditional platforms.
AB - After decades of traditional space businesses, the space paradigm is changing. New approaches to more efficient missions in terms of costs, design, and manufacturing processes are fostered. For instance, placing big constellations of micro- and nano-satellites in Low Earth Orbit and Very Low Earth Orbit (LEO and VLEO) enables the space community to obtain a huge amount of data in near real-time with an unprecedented temporal resolution. Beyond technology innovations, other drivers promote innovation in the space sector like the increasing demand for Earth Observation (EO) data by the commercial sector. Perez et al. stated that the EO industry is the second market in terms of operative satellites (661 units), micro- and nano-satellites being the higher share of them (61%). Technological and market drivers encourage the emergence of new start-ups in the space environment like Skybox, OneWeb, Telesat, Planet, and OpenCosmos, among others, with novel business models that change the accessibility, affordability, ownership, and commercialization of space products and services. This chapter shows some results of the H2020 DISCOVERER (DISruptive teChnOlogies for VERy low Earth oRbit platforms) Project and focuses on understanding how micro- and nano-satellites have been disrupting the EO market in front of traditional platforms.
UR - https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/16dcd0c3-e49c-4ae3-9a53-d58a59306012
UR - https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/70862
U2 - 10.5772/intechopen.90923
DO - 10.5772/intechopen.90923
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781789859966
SN - 9781789853018
SN - 9781789859959
BT - Satellites Missions and Technologies for Geosciences
ER -