TY  - JOUR
TI  - Nano and Micro Satellites as the Pillar of the “New Space” Paradigm
AB  - Six decades after the launch of the first satellite in 1957, space business andspace technologies are taking a new turn: From big to small, from primarilygovernment to extensively private sector and from a few players to profuselymany. The new paradigm, or “New Space”, as it has been called, can becharacterized by new startups with venture capital backing entering the fieldor in fact leading the field in new innovative applications, universities andcountries with no previous space experience joining the bandwagon, leandesign and development techniques benefitting from the newly availableCOTS parts and subsystems, mass production of satellites, constellations ofhundreds or thousands of small satellites serving old and new emerging nicheneeds, small launchers available for reaching orbit at low cost and rather shortnotice, capability to launch a rocket several times a month, and more exoticapplications such as the coming space tourism and asteroid mining. Althoughthere were initiatives in this direction in the previous century, they proved toofeeble to set a trend. “New Space” started showing its first signs of emergenceafter the turn of the millennium. However the market acceptance has reallytaken root in the last 3 or 4 years. Market data clearly shows an acceleratedpace shaping the future of space industry. This paper reviews thedevelopments in the nano and micro satellites considering them as the pillarof the New Space paradigm. The road leading to the present state and thecurrent trends are elaborated. A look to the future points to the proliferation ofspace applications among the many startups, big and small institutions,however being limited by market forces and survival by a few as the decadeproceeds.
AU  - İNCE, Fuat
PY  - 2020
JO  - Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri Dergisi
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SN  - 1304-0448
SP  - 235
EP  - 250
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/382140
ER  -