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OuterSpark
OuterSpark by Ricky D’Costa

The space
economy, decoded.

Consulting for space and defence organisations. Courses, mentoring and a weekly newsletter for the people joining them.

  • UK Space Agency
  • European Space Agency
  • STFC
  • DASA
  • Ministry of Defence
  • NATO
  • US DoD
What is OuterSpark

One brand for understanding, entering and growing in space.

OuterSpark is the home of everything we do. Organisations come for consulting. People come for training and education. Everyone gets our media for free.

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Meet the founder

Ricky D’Costa

Founder, OuterSpark
Portrait of Ricky D’Costa

Ricky D’Costa is the Founder of OuterSpark. Ricky has spent eight years inside the UK, US and European space ecosystem on the commercial side, leading business development and capture across institutional, defence and commercial customers.

Ricky co-founded a space company, worked in business development at Airbus, and spent three years at the Satellite Applications Catapult, and has bid for public money and sat on the other side deciding who gets it.

Ricky started OuterSpark to make space make sense, for the companies building it and the people who want to join them.

MSc Physics with Satellite Technology · MSc Entrepreneurship · University of Surrey

Ricky on an investment panel at a European Space Agency event
Ricky at a defence and space industry event in London
Ricky presenting to an audience at Rise London
Group photo of workshop attendees with Ricky