Small Satellites Impact Global Compliance, Standards, Licensing and Data Access Technology - Build a Business Plan to Address these Impacts

Small Satellites Impact Global Compliance, Standards, Licensing and Data Access Technology - Build a Business Plan to Address these Impacts

The number of commercially funded earth observation satellites will have surpassed the number of those government funded, requiring Government Agencies to address their use of commercial imagery. As more players enter this New Space additional geospatial data governance and standards become increasingly important, especially as government engages the commercial geospatial industry. Changes in governance, licensing standards and compliance are occurring from the United Nations and NATO to nation states. As more small satellite owner/operators enter the NEW SPACE commercial geospatial industry they will be faced with global compliance, standards, licensing, and data access challenges and opportunities. Advances in Machine Learning algorithms and models will underscore the importance of business models that accommodate different data access licensing and practice than OLD SPACE. A business road map checklist will be presented to assist the small satellite owner/operator in leveraging industry partners in order to allow their data to be utilized at scale, through secure commercial clouds enabling Machine Learning, and new product development in order to build product competitive advantages through algorithms and models. This map will address the impacts of global geospatial data governance challenges.