For years, outer space exploration captured our curiosity and imagination, but it was mostly far away to most of us and one could only dream of being an astronaut or a scientist… Good news: it’s no longer a dream, space technologies are creating an explosion of business opportunities here on Earth. Spacetech is the next frontier for start-ups around the world as the private sector steps into a field once dominated by governments.

James Webb Telescope was the most recent landmark renewed interest in the cosmos. But for the last few months we witnessed that “space race” is relaunched: private companies Virgin Galactic, Space X and Blue Origin have sprinted to transport the first space tourists. On the other hand, the frenzy around the launching of new satellites has intensified, with more than 2.100 being launched in the last year alone! Companies such as SpaceX/Starlink, OneWeb, Amazon and China's StarNet propose to increase this number by tens of thousands in the coming years. But after all, what can all these satellites do for us, down here on Earth?

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