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DESCRIPTION:TALK ABSTRACT:\n\nRecent technological advances enabled low cos
 t small satellite development and launch services which gave rise to the n
 ew space economy. Democratizing access to space feeds innovation and bolst
 ers economic development taking the market away from a few large corporati
 ons and allowing smaller businesses to compete and thrive. In this talk\, 
 the process of creating a space corporation in Maine with examples of spac
 e based applications and research and development projects will be present
 ed. Audience will learn more about opportunities and pitfalls in this new 
 era.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Ali Abedi\n\nAgenda: \nRecent technological advanc
 es enabled low cost small satellite development and launch services which 
 gave rise to the new space economy. Democratizing access to space feeds in
 novation and bolsters economic development taking the market away from a f
 ew large corporations and allowing smaller businesses to compete and thriv
 e. In this talk\, the process of creating a space corporation in Maine wit
 h examples of space based applications and research and development projec
 ts will be presented. Audience will learn more about opportunities and pit
 falls in this new era.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422563
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422563
ORGANIZER:alidaneshmand@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:New Space Economy: The Rise of Small Satellites
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422563
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 t technological advances enabled low cost small satellite development and 
 launch services which gave rise to the new space economy.&amp;nbsp\; Democrati
 zing access to space feeds innovation and bolsters economic development ta
 king the market away from a few large corporations and allowing smaller bu
 sinesses to compete and thrive. In this talk\, the process of creating a s
 pace corporation in Maine with examples of space based applications and re
 search and development projects will be presented. Audience will learn mor
 e about opportunities and pitfalls in this new era.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /
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 2121\;&quot;&gt;Recent technological advances enabled low cost small satellite dev
 elopment and launch services which gave rise to the new space economy.&amp;nbs
 p\; Democratizing access to space feeds innovation and bolsters economic d
 evelopment taking the market away from a few large corporations and allowi
 ng smaller businesses to compete and thrive. In this talk\, the process of
  creating a space corporation in Maine with examples of space based applic
 ations and research and development projects will be presented. Audience w
 ill learn more about opportunities and pitfalls in this new era.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/s
 pan&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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