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In this chapter the financial aspects of space programs will be analyzed, meaning the available forms of financing for them with particular reference to private financing and the methods and tools of commercial, economic-financial evaluation in space programs.
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 Thuraya is a private company, based in the United Arab Emirates, which supplies telecommunication satellite services.
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Relationship between risk capital (Equity) and debit capital (Debt).
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As an example, we can cite the financing of the New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd., formed by Intelsat and a South African investment company, Convergence Partners, whose overall investment value (about 240 M$) wasfinanced for about 40 M$ through risk capital brought by the partners and for the rest through bank financing of Nedbank Capital and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.
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Spagnulo, M., Fleeter, R., Balduccini, M., Nasini, F. (2013). Financial Management of Space Programs. In: Space Program Management. Space Technology Library, vol 28. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3755-0_7
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