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title: "Space Economy Taxonomy – SpaceFund"
id: 17964
type: "post"
slug: "space-economy-taxonomy-spacefund"
author: "NSE"
published: "2023-07-03T01:21:20+00:00"
modified: "2023-07-04T04:22:10+00:00"
canonical: "https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2023/07/02/space-economy-taxonomy-spacefund/"
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description: "Space economy taxonomy from a venture capital perspective."
language: "en-US"
category:
  - "Launch Market"
  - "Manufacturing Market"
  - "Mars"
  - "Moon"
  - "Space Economy"
  - "Space Technology"
  - "Taxonomies"
post_tag:
  - "Commercial Market"
  - "Lunar"
  - "Nuclear"
  - "Satellites"
  - "Space Industry"
  - "Space Sector"
  - "Startups"
  - "Supply Chains"
  - "Venture Capital"
---

# Space Economy Taxonomy – SpaceFund

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[SpaceFund](https://spacefund.com/) is a venture capital firm which invests in visionary yet practical high-growth startups addressing the multi-billion dollar space markets that will both enable and benefit from the space revolution.

SpaceFund’s view of the space economy and associated taxonomy, are as follows:

- Space Economy
  - Transportation
    - Launch industry
    - In-Space Transportation (e.g. tugs, in-space propulsion systems, custom 3rd stages, fuel depots, etc.)
    - Planetary Surface Space (e.g. lunar landers, space elevators for use on the Moon or Mars, etc.)
    - Planetary On-Surface Transportation (robotic and human-supporting rovers)
  - Communications
    - Beyond Earth Orbit Communications (e.g. technology and services to enable communications beyond Earth orbit)
    - Terrestrial/Earth Orbit Communications (e.g. ‘bent pipe’ Earth to Earth communications, including traditional communications satellites, internet providers, and ground-based receivers)
  - Supply chain
    - Satellite servicing (e.g. debris mitigation, orbit adjustment, robotic servicing, asset monitoring)
    - Raw materials mining
    - Manufacturing and production
    - Distribution and storage
  - Human factors
    - Habitats
      - Surface
      - In-space
    - Life-support
    - Biomedical
  - Energy
    - Capture and creation (e.g. solar, nuclear, fuel cell)
    - Transmission (e.g. laser, microwave, radio, solar)
    - Storage (e.g. capacitor, battery, regenerative fuel cell, flywheels)