An Assessment of African Economic Stakeholders Who Could Benefit from an East African Spaceport
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- 2.3.2SCS Aerospace Group
- 2.3.2.2Space Advisory Company
- 2.3.2.4Group Six Technology Infrastructure Company (G6TI)
- 2.3.2.5Geo Risk information Platform (GRiP)
- 2.3.2.8Space4Development
- 2.3.2.9Space Engineering Academy
2.3African CompaniesThere are several companies presently active in Africa that are actively engaged in the development of space-related hardware and software. These companies may potentially benefit from an East African spaceport capability. A primary concern is these companies currently focus on Earth observing satellites intended for polar orbits. While polar orbits are possible from equatorial launch sites, a high latitude launch site is more efficient for them. However, these companies have the capability to build the types of satellites (e.g. telecommunications) that would favor an equatorial launch site. 2.3.1SpaceteqLocated in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Spaceteq is a subsidiary of Denel SOC Ltd, a South African state-owned aerospace and defense technology conglomerate. [15] Spaceteq is a satellite producer, specializing in Earth observing satellites. It is currently developing EA-SAT-1, which will be used for urban planning and development, safety and security, disaster management, and food security. [16] Spaceteq is also pursuing international satellite export opportunities. [16] 2.3.2SCS Aerospace GroupThe SCS Aerospace Group is a multi-company South African conglomerate. It provides commercial satellite solutions including advanced engineering services, decision making and operational solutions using space and related technologies. [17] 2.3.2.1SCS SpaceSCS Space is a commercial satellite developer located in Cape Town, South Africa. They advertise themselves as specialized in program management, systems engineering, and in-house component manufacture. Their products are designed to operate for missions in low earth orbit. [18] SCS has a current design inventory of four satellites and one science payload:
2.3.2.2Space Advisory CompanyAlso located in Cape Town, the Space Advisory Company is a contracting organization that provides technical support in the development of satellite products. [19] Their areas of specialty include systems engineering, functional area engineering, spacecraft design including structural, thermal engineering, assembly, integration and testing (AIT) and sub-systems that include system level software, attitude determination and controls systems (ADCS), and power systems. [19] 2.3.2.3NewSpace SystemsHeadquartered in Cape Town, NewSpace Systems has facilities in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. It focuses on manufacture of small satellite and cubesat subsystems and components. Its inventory of components includes sun sensors, magnetometers, reaction wheels, magnetorquers, GPS receives, patch antennas, cubesat sun sensors, cubesat magnetorquers, and cubesat attitude control system boards. [20] 2.3.2.4Group Six Technology Infrastructure Company (G6TI)Group Six Technology Infrastructure Company (G6TI) is a black majority owned company, possibly the only one in the SCS Aerospace Group. It operates in multiple business sectors, including energy, railway, and water infrastructure. However, it’s key role in space systems appears to be the management, planning and execution of assembly, integration and testing of satellite programs. [17] 2.3.2.5Geo Risk information Platform (GRiP)GRiP serves as the imagery analysis arm of the SCS Aerospace Group, combining satellite and aerial imagery. It combines this data with risk data and markets this capability as a service to the short term insurance sector. [21] GRiP provides address validation, spatial databases, imagery and risk information, mapping and visual analytics, and sample replacement value estimates for buildings. It also offers services in geo-coding physical addresses and geographic information systems consulting. [21] 2.3.2.6SCS-GISCS-GI provides imagery data – geo-rectified, ortho-rectified, and digital elevation models from electro-optical and SAR satellites; global information services – integrated space based and open source data including priority tasking and collection, data processing, exploitation, and analysis, and scheduled reporting; and value added products – demographics, retail market evaluation, location based services, and risk assessments. [22] 2.3.2.7ChorosworksChorosworks is an applied geospatial analytics company that uses primarily earth observation products. They integrate data sources from multiple geospatial and earth observation sources to produce data of use to strategic, tactical, and operational customers. [23] Chorosworks is centered around its spatial data science platform, DataVault. [23] This sophisticated data system accepts multiple data inputs and formats and it performs image processing, analysis, storage, and access control. [23] 2.3.2.8Space4DevelopmentSpace4Development is involved with app development, data modeling, and monitoring and evaluation. It also provides monitoring and evaluation workshops, capacity building, and consulting services. [24] Space4Development has created four apps with 105 active users, conducted over 430 home visits, and has 10,000 beneficiaries. [24] 2.3.2.9Space Engineering AcademyThe Space Engineering Academy (SEA) offers an 18-month training program that combines academic instruction with hands-on work training in the context of a small satellite within the SCS Space company’s staple of spacecraft. [25] The program duration can be tailored from the standard 18 months to as short as one year or as long as three years. To some extent the SEA appears to have an ability to customize the hands-on portion specific to the needs of a given customer, though its expertise does appear to be centered on the type of small remote sensing satellites developed by SCS Space. The training program is intended to cover all aspects of space system development from mission design through completed integration and testing of a functional satellite. [25] It includes both technical skills such as power, RF, attitude control, etc. and soft skills such as program and team management. The training program also includes team assessments and face to face feedback sessions every third month. The idea behind the SEA is to replace informal on the job training with a dedicated training program that trains an entire team of up to 18 persons together. [25] 2.3.3MarcomDescribed more fully later in this paper, Marcom is the sole launch vehicle developer in Africa. The South African company is developing a launch vehicle targeting both the low Earth orbit and Geosynchronous orbit markets. 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