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 by Scott Gooch Woodbine GA (SPX) Feb 11, 2020
Once approved by the FAA, Spaceport Camden will be positioned to create generations of tech, research, service and manufacturing jobs in Camden County, Georgia. No other place in America has a better case for building a spaceport and research center than Georgia and Camden County. Ideally located in Georgia's southernmost coastal county and central to Savannah (with Gulfstream Aerospace), Atlanta (with Georgia Tech) and Cape Canaveral (with NASA). Georgia already has the building blocks in place to compliment a spaceport and research center since the state of Georgia's #1 export is aerospace products. The Georgia Department of Economic Development reports that Georgia's aerospace manufacturing industry base includes 800+ companies including over 80 existing NASA suppliers, 108,000 employees, $57B impact (6% of GDP) and $500+ million in university research. Between 2012 and 2018 Georgia businesses received over $109 million in NASA obligations or $22 million annually. Georgia Tech has a space research portfolio and the University of Georgia has a satellite lab. Spaceport Camden and its research center will fuel even more university R and D and related commercial jobs. Local and industry experts support the project including Camden County resident Major General Robert S. Dickson, USAF Retired, who has been involved in the commercial space sector for the past decade and attests to the growing demand for small satellite launches. He feels Camden County is an ideal and safe location for a spaceport. Dr. George Nield, former, associate administrator for Commercial Space Transportation-FAA feels Spaceport Camden will represent a significant catalyst for both economic development and increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects. Camden County resident Vice Admiral Al Konetzi, retired deputy command of U.S. Forces Fleet Command stated that Kings Bay Navel Submarine base and Spaceport Camden can certainly coexist just like the nuclear warships that have moored at Cape Canaveral for decades. From an environmental perspective Spaceport Camden will ensure that the surrounding area becomes a permanent nature sanctuary acting as a natural buffer. The Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge surrounding Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is a great example of how nature and a spaceport can coexist. There will always be a few who oppose economic expansion projects for various personal reasons, but the long term merits of Spaceport Camden could not be more aligned with the future of Georgia and our nation. KSC is America's dominant launch site, and there is no better place to compliment these operations than Spaceport Camden with its small rocket pure play on the Georgia space coast. BIO: Scott Gooch is a former international banking and capital markets executive with a BS in business administration - finance from The Ohio State University. He established Lunar Buildings to provide office, warehouse and executive housing to commercial space companies at Kennedy Space Center and the pending Spaceport Camden. This is an expansion of his business FilmBuildings.com which provides office, warehouse and studio space to the Georgia film industry.
GomSpace to demonstrate game-changing communications technology Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 GomSpace's subsidiary in North America signed a contract valued at 4.5 MSEK with the University of Arizona to deliver satellite elements and related services to support their CatSat high-gain antenna mission. Named for the University of Arizona Wildcats, CatSat satellite mission will demonstrate a game-changing ultra-lightweight, high-gain antenna developed by FreeFall Aerospace based on technology invented at and licensed from the University of Arizona (UA). Under the leadership of Professo ... read more
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