People Make Glasgow, And Glasgow Makes Satellites

Yes, Glasgow makes satellites. A recent report from the Digital Economy team over at Glasgow City Council, however, details a far more widespread and in-depth involvement of Glasgow in the wider UK and global space sectors.

Indeed, one of the main focuses of this report is the £208 million combined enterprise value of Glasgow's venture capitalist-funded start-ups in the space sector. A valuation to be proud of, and one arrived at by doing far more than simply making satellites (I'm not sure that anyone has ever simply made a satellite, mind you).

Yes, this report reveals that Glaswegian companies are deeply involved at the upstream, midstream and downstream stages of the space sector value chain. As well as producing an impressive number of satellites, of particular note is Glasgow's involvement in the operation of satellites themselves. Not stopping there, the city's start-ups are also involved in the receipt of data having been collected by these satellites,