1. Small Satellites: Opportunities and Challenges Mazlan Othman ASM Attila Matas ITU 3 rd Manfred Lachs International Conference 16 and 17 March 2015 McGill Institute of Air and Space Law

2. The Malaysian space enterprise is predicated on small satellites development: TiungSAT (2000) RazakSAT (2009 – first EO NEqO satellite) Cansat (students) Cubesat (university research)

3. Small satellites: opportunities

4. “…on April 29 the CSA awarded five contracts to Canadian firms and universities to perform feasibility studies on five potential future microsatellite missions… …the proposed missions would be in areas of security, health, forest fire surveillance, weather surveillance, and water quality monitoring.” Space News, May 19 th 2014

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10. Economic Boom In 2020 alone, it is predicted that EO nano/micro- satellites will generate £100 million in manufacturing revenue. Size of the commercial EO data market by 2020 is £1.8 billion; nano/micro-satellites share: £970 million Copyright © Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd 2014

11. Small satellite: challenges

12. Challenges New entrants, with small budgets, unaware of regulation and little engineering experience Large numbers of spacecraft overwhelm regulators Rapid and frequent deployment Space debris Spectrum and orbital filings

13. What do we do? ITU’s responses Role of launch providers Role of licensing authority Role of space programme authority

14. Conclusion Small satellites will prevail…

17. …but challenges remain.

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