TY - GEN
T1 - Opportunities and challenges of university ventures in space
AU - Nakamura, Yuya
AU - Miyashita, Naoki
AU - Eishima, Takashi
AU - Kawashima, Rei
AU - Nakasuka, Shinichi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In 2003, two 1kg nanosatellites (CubeSat) developed by university students in Japan were successfully launched into orbit. This epoch-making event triggered a boom of nanosatellite projects all over the world. Since then nanosatellites have mainly been utilized for educational purposes. In these few years, however, new nanosatellite applications which are practical and beneficial to general public are starting to emerge, which should afford new business chances. In these surroundings, we established an entrepreneurial venture in this nanosatellite field last August. In this paper we examined the opportunities and challenges that our venture company would face hereafter.
AB - In 2003, two 1kg nanosatellites (CubeSat) developed by university students in Japan were successfully launched into orbit. This epoch-making event triggered a boom of nanosatellite projects all over the world. Since then nanosatellites have mainly been utilized for educational purposes. In these few years, however, new nanosatellite applications which are practical and beneficial to general public are starting to emerge, which should afford new business chances. In these surroundings, we established an entrepreneurial venture in this nanosatellite field last August. In this paper we examined the opportunities and challenges that our venture company would face hereafter.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950484257
SN - 9781615671601
T3 - International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
SP - 9578
EP - 9583
BT - International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
T2 - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
Y2 - 29 September 2008 through 3 October 2008
ER -