Whether navigation, weather forecasts or television – many everyday technologies are based on data from space. Around 10,200 operational satellites currently orbiting the earth provide the information – according to the European space agency Esa. State institutions and large corporations once dominated the spacetech industry, but startups are increasingly shaking up the industry. There are currently said to be more than 150 space startups in Germany.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.de/gruenderszene/technologie/drei-startups-die-den-klimawandel-aus-dem-all-bekaempfen-wollen/
