International Partnerships in the Commercial Space Launch Industry: Third Quarter 2001 Quarterly Launch Report

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• Alternative Title:
  Third Quarter 2001 Quarterly Launch Report
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aerospace Engineering Aviation Commercial Aviation Vehicles Commercial Space Transportation Economics Global Economy Globalization Governments Launching Launch Vehicles Partnerships Quarterly Report Technology

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• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  International partnerships are hardly a new concept in space activities: national governments and space agencies have been collaborating since the early years of the Space Age on projects such as scientific satellites and human space flight missions. National space agencies recognized that cooperation across borders presented challenges but afforded them the opportunity to achieve common goals and complete ambitious projects by sharing costs, risk, infrastructure, and expertise. While governments undertook the earliest international collaboration projects in space, today increasing numbers of international partnerships involve one or more commercial players and focus on the business of space transportation. Indeed, like other modern, technology-based businesses, private launch-related companies operate in the global economy and have come to recognize the advantages of forging strategic alliances, regardless of the partner’s location in the world. This report explores the range of launch-related international partnerships involving private companies that exists today in an effort to understand the nature of these partnerships, the reasons for their emergence, and the impact they may have on the launch industry as well as the customers they serve. In this report, the term “partnership” refers to a contract between at least two entities in which each entity offers a product, service, or capability of value to the other or makes a contribution toward a common effort in an attempt to improve the economic condition of all entities involved. Partnerships, as discussed herein, are not simply payments of money for purchase or lease of goods or services, even as stipulated within a launch services contract. They also exclude mergers and acquisitions of companies and international launch trade agreements.
• Format:
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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