There are 180 companies working in the space sector in Ireland
13 February - 7 mins
Podcast Series
Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
There are 180 companies working in the space sector in Ireland these days and that's expanding due to demand for satellite technology in orbit but also for defence technology and even agricultural monitoring. We don't yet have a dedicated space agency here but the industry hopes to even launch rockets into space within the next decade
Barry Kennedy, CEO at IMR runs Irish Manufacturing Research which is also charged with disbursing money from the European Space agency.
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