Public-Private-Partnerships in Space Programmes: The German Experience
- Paper number
IAC-08.E3.3.6
- Author
Dr. Gérardine Meishan Goh, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd, DLR, German Space Agency, Germany
- Year
2008
- Abstract
In contrast to earlier experiences with telecommunications, the development of a viable commercial remote sensing market has been more challenging. Recently, Germany has concluded contracts in the framework of public-private-partnerships (PPPs) so as to achieve greater efficiency for both the public and private sectors through resource pooling. The start of the operational phase of the TerraSAR-X mission in 2008 marks Germany’s first successful PPP project. For the public sector, this represents a prominent scientific advancement in radar technology; for the industrial partner, a foothold into a part of the sensitive data market is realised. The majority of the industrial partner’s data customers originate from the public sector. As such, it was essential that the concrete PPP framework took the intensive interaction between public and private interests into account. This paper analyses the PPP concept in light of proposals that have been realised as well as theoretical alternatives that have not been implemented. Further to legal considerations, the paper also provides a critical review of the relevant economic and policy aspects of PPPs.
- Abstract document
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