THE SPACE ECONOMY AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | New Space Economy

Infographic explaining why foreign direct investment matters to the space sector, with four steps for attracting investors, site-selection factors, regional actions, and expected benefits.

HOW CAN REGIONS ATTRACT FOREIGN SPACE INVESTMENT?

Infographic summarizes how satellite and sensor data moves through acquisition, delivery, processing, analytics, and digital services, then identifies the capabilities, benefits, barriers, and regional actions connected with that process.

HOW CAN SPACE DATA BECOME A REGIONAL DIGITAL INDUSTRY?

Infographic explaining how dual-use technologies can expand regional space markets through innovation, validation, scaling, market access, reinvestment, cross-sector demand, investment, collaboration, finance, and workforce development.

HOW CAN DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES EXPAND REGIONAL SPACE MARKETS?

An infographic explains how regional leaders can assess a spaceport investment. It covers market demand; geography and airspace; regulation and safety; infrastructure and utilities; capital intensity; and competing alternatives. It lists possible benefits such as launch activity, supplier development, regional visibility, testing, innovation, and workforce development. It also identifies uncertain demand, long timelines, environmental and community impacts, high costs, and operational complexity as risks. Recommended actions include feasibility studies, phased planning, early stakeholder engagement, partnership models, and opportunity-cost assessment.

SHOULD A REGION DEVELOP A SPACEPORT?

Infographic summarizing criteria for investing in specialized space facilities and assets, including demand, utilization, capability gaps, business models, sustainability, benefits, risks, and recommended regional actions.

WHEN DOES SPECIALIZED SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE?

Infographic summarizing how ground stations connect satellites to Earth-based services and can generate regional value through jobs, data services, research, connectivity, investment, and supporting infrastructure.

HOW CAN GROUND STATIONS CREATE REGIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY?

Infographic explaining a six-step process that moves from satellite data collection through data integration, AI analysis, insights, decisions, and regional impact, with examples of use cases, enabling conditions, and recommended actions.

HOW ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SPACE DATA CREATING REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES?

Infographic describing a four-step regional framework for supporting space startups, along with ecosystem ingredients, regional actions, and economic benefits.

HOW CAN REGIONS BUILD MORE SPACE STARTUPS?

Infographic explaining how university space research moves through discovery, proof of concept, intellectual property protection, industry validation, licensing or company creation, and market growth, while identifying regional supports and economic outcomes.

HOW CAN REGIONS COMMERCIALIZE UNIVERSITY SPACE RESEARCH?

Infographic summarizing the growth pathway for space startups, the barriers that can slow expansion, regional actions that can provide support, and outcomes such as jobs, supply-chain development, investment, and cluster maturity.

HOW CAN REGIONS HELP SPACE STARTUPS SCALE?