{"id":959007,"date":"2026-05-14T09:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959007\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:49:15","slug":"southeast-asia-can-tap-growing-space-economy-through-data-not-rocket-launches-ex-us-space-force-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959007\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia can tap growing space economy through data, not rocket launches: Ex-US Space Force architect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS AHEAD<\/p>\n<p>Rather than competing directly in satellite launches, Southeast Asia can focus on managing and applying the growing volumes of space-derived data, said experts.<\/p>\n<p>This includes areas such as agriculture, climate monitoring, wildlife protection and urban planning.<\/p>\n<p>As more satellites are deployed, the volume of data generated is expected to increase dramatically, creating demand for infrastructure to store, secure and analyse it, said Crosier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetition doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to mean competing to build more satellites and launch more rockets than other nations are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As space data continues to proliferate, \u201cthe organisations that can figure out how to harness that infrastructure are the organisations that will win in this new space economy\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the rapid increase in satellites poses new challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The number of satellites in orbit could rise from about 10,000 today to more than 50,000 within the next decade, raising concerns about congestion and collision risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk a lot about the sustainability of life here on earth, but if we&#8217;re going to sustain our capability to operate in space, we need improved space traffic management and collision avoidance capabilities,\u201d Crosier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s an opportunity for companies to fill the gap, and organisations to fill the gap to make sure we&#8217;re providing that sustainment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS AHEAD Rather than competing directly in satellite launches, Southeast Asia can focus on managing and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,140396,267929,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-959007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-space-economy","11":"tag-space-tech","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116572309624392220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}