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At the turn of the twenty-first century, commercial space business began an impressive expansion across existing markets and developed new and unforeseen ones. Commercial telecommunications and weather satellites were the first products of this sector.
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Young, A. (2015). From Satellites to Spinoffs: A Brief History of Commercial Space Activity. In: The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18929-1_1
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