Space Entrepreneurship

   Something Big is coming
Who am I?
     • Masters in
       Internetworking and
       Medical Research
     • Residence at
       Fishburners
     • Graduate from the
       International Space
       University
Global Position System

Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
• Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
• Japan Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
• Pakistan Navigational Satellite System
GPS Augmentation



• US Based System       • European Based System


             +/- 1 Meter Accuracy
What is in your Phone?
New Services?
• Autonomous cars

• Precision Farming/Agriculture

• New Aircraft/Maritime Navigation systems

• Geographical aware advertising
Telecommunications
Revenues - 2011
•   Launch Services - $6 Billion
•   Satellite Manufacturing - $15.5 Billion
•   Earth Sector Manufacturing – $35 Billion
•   Communications Sat Service - $125 Billion

Source: Futron Corp and Satellite Industry Association
2 Main Challanges
• Limited Number of Orbital Slots

• Radio Frequency Spectrum Allocation
Free-Space Optical
  Communication
Artemis GEO Satellite
• Launch by the European
  Space Agency in 2001

• SILEX (Semiconductor-
  laser Intersatellite Link
  Experiment) Laser Link
  Payload

• 38,000 km distance
  through the Earth’s
  Atmosphere
MESSENGER Mission
• Launched 2004

• Mission to Mercury

• 2 way Laser Based
  communication record
  24,000,000km
Remote Sensing
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
CEOS Quick Facts
• Setup in 1984 and has 52 Members
  Organizations

• More than 400 Space Missions on Catalog


• Over a 100 Space Missions with Open Access
Landsat Program
• 1st Launched in 1972

• Longest running Satellite
  imagery program

• Millions of images of the
  entire earth’s surface

• Used to help build Google
  Earth
NASA's Smartphone
  Nanosatellite
Orbital Debris
How Much Debris is out there?
Spacecraft
• Started in 2002 by Elon Musk

• Startup Capital 500 million USD

• 2012 won the ISS Supply Contract

• $1 Billion spent over 10 years
Space Tourism
• Only Current Space
  Tourism Operator

• Works with the Russian
  Space Agency

• Selling Spare Capacity
  on the ISS

• Up to $35 million a
  Ticket
White Knight 2 and Space Ship 2
Virgin Galactic
• Based on Scale Composites Design

• Winner of the X Prize of $10,000,000 in 2004

• Sold more than 500 tickets to date

• Each ticket is $200,000 USD
Space Tourism

What does the FAA say?
New Space Policy

    Due out 2013
Value of PNT to Australia
•   Up to $12.6 billion increase in GDP by 2030
•   Safer Airspace/ Seaway
•   More Efficient Transport Network
•   Enhanced capabilities for measuring the
    impact of climate change
Lunar Numbat
• Competing in the
  Google Lunar X-Prize

• Open-Source
  Technologies

• Linux powered robotic
  Australian marsupial, on
  the moon
Pathways to Space: Empowering
    the internet generation
• University of New South
  Wales (NSW)

• Hands On Student Project

• Simulated Mars
  Exploration

• Hosted in the Power
  House Museum
Scramjet-based access-to-space
    systems (Scramspace)
• The University of
  Queensland (QLD)

• Leading a $14 million
  international consortium

• New Engines for Mach
  8
Automated Laser Tracking of
         Space Debris
• EOS Space Systems
  Pty Limited (ACT)

• Laser Tracking of Space
  Debris

• Eventually plan to use
  Laser to push space
  debris
What can I do?
Get Training

  Space by its nature is something
global, and you got to think globally
     to actually make it work.
What does ISU Offer?
•   Interdisciplinary
•   Intercultural
•   International
•   3500 ISU alumni in 100 countries



University's first Chancellor - Arthur C. Clarke
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing
model obsolete.”
― Richard Buckminster Fuller


                    Questions?

               Brian@thinkntinker.com

Space Entrepreneurship

  • 1.
    Space Entrepreneurship Something Big is coming
  • 2.
    Who am I? • Masters in Internetworking and Medical Research • Residence at Fishburners • Graduate from the International Space University
  • 4.
    Global Position System Position,Navigation and Timing (PNT)
  • 5.
    • Indian RegionalNavigational Satellite System • Japan Quasi-Zenith Satellite System • Pakistan Navigational Satellite System
  • 7.
    GPS Augmentation • USBased System • European Based System +/- 1 Meter Accuracy
  • 8.
    What is inyour Phone?
  • 10.
    New Services? • Autonomouscars • Precision Farming/Agriculture • New Aircraft/Maritime Navigation systems • Geographical aware advertising
  • 11.
  • 12.
    Revenues - 2011 • Launch Services - $6 Billion • Satellite Manufacturing - $15.5 Billion • Earth Sector Manufacturing – $35 Billion • Communications Sat Service - $125 Billion Source: Futron Corp and Satellite Industry Association
  • 13.
    2 Main Challanges •Limited Number of Orbital Slots • Radio Frequency Spectrum Allocation
  • 16.
    Free-Space Optical Communication
  • 17.
    Artemis GEO Satellite •Launch by the European Space Agency in 2001 • SILEX (Semiconductor- laser Intersatellite Link Experiment) Laser Link Payload • 38,000 km distance through the Earth’s Atmosphere
  • 18.
    MESSENGER Mission • Launched2004 • Mission to Mercury • 2 way Laser Based communication record 24,000,000km
  • 19.
  • 21.
  • 26.
    CEOS Quick Facts •Setup in 1984 and has 52 Members Organizations • More than 400 Space Missions on Catalog • Over a 100 Space Missions with Open Access
  • 27.
    Landsat Program • 1stLaunched in 1972 • Longest running Satellite imagery program • Millions of images of the entire earth’s surface • Used to help build Google Earth
  • 28.
    NASA's Smartphone Nanosatellite
  • 32.
  • 33.
    How Much Debrisis out there?
  • 34.
  • 35.
    • Started in2002 by Elon Musk • Startup Capital 500 million USD • 2012 won the ISS Supply Contract • $1 Billion spent over 10 years
  • 38.
  • 39.
    • Only CurrentSpace Tourism Operator • Works with the Russian Space Agency • Selling Spare Capacity on the ISS • Up to $35 million a Ticket
  • 41.
    White Knight 2and Space Ship 2
  • 42.
    Virgin Galactic • Basedon Scale Composites Design • Winner of the X Prize of $10,000,000 in 2004 • Sold more than 500 tickets to date • Each ticket is $200,000 USD
  • 43.
  • 48.
    New Space Policy Due out 2013
  • 49.
    Value of PNTto Australia • Up to $12.6 billion increase in GDP by 2030 • Safer Airspace/ Seaway • More Efficient Transport Network • Enhanced capabilities for measuring the impact of climate change
  • 50.
    Lunar Numbat • Competingin the Google Lunar X-Prize • Open-Source Technologies • Linux powered robotic Australian marsupial, on the moon
  • 51.
    Pathways to Space:Empowering the internet generation • University of New South Wales (NSW) • Hands On Student Project • Simulated Mars Exploration • Hosted in the Power House Museum
  • 52.
    Scramjet-based access-to-space systems (Scramspace) • The University of Queensland (QLD) • Leading a $14 million international consortium • New Engines for Mach 8
  • 53.
    Automated Laser Trackingof Space Debris • EOS Space Systems Pty Limited (ACT) • Laser Tracking of Space Debris • Eventually plan to use Laser to push space debris
  • 54.
  • 55.
    Get Training Space by its nature is something global, and you got to think globally to actually make it work.
  • 57.
    What does ISUOffer? • Interdisciplinary • Intercultural • International • 3500 ISU alumni in 100 countries University's first Chancellor - Arthur C. Clarke
  • 60.
    “You never changethings by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Richard Buckminster Fuller Questions? Brian@thinkntinker.com