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An estimate of the size of the world’s space sector can prove surprisingly difficult to achieve. First of all, it depends on which activities are to be included, and which vary a great deal from a report to another and from country to country. The literature lists four uses of space (Hays et al. 2000), namely:
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Paladini, S. (2019). A Snapshot of Space: 2018. In: The New Frontiers of Space. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19941-8_2
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