Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The global space industry is undergoing a revolution, pivoting from the exclusive domain of governments to a booming commercial marketplace driven by nano-satellites, some no bigger than a shoe box. This documentary explores the technological leap enabling this "democratisation of space," from the development of inexpensive, standardised CubeSats and the launch of the world's first wooden satellite, to cutting-edge manufacturing like 3D printing rocket parts at Virgin Orbit, whose LauncherOne deploys satellites horizontally from a 747 aircraft.
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The global space industry is undergoing a revolution, pivoting from the exclusive domain of governments to a booming commercial marketplace driven by nano-satellites, some no bigger than a shoe box. This documentary explores the technological leap enabling this "democratisation of space," from the development of inexpensive, standardised CubeSats and the launch of the world's first wooden satellite, to cutting-edge manufacturing like 3D printing rocket parts at Virgin Orbit, whose LauncherOne deploys satellites horizontally from a 747 aircraft.
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