ACCESS.SPACE is a not-for-profit alliance that aims to (i) educate the general public on the social and economic impact of the small satellite sector and create awareness for its needs, (ii) stimulate and coordinate research in relevant fields with the academic community and initiate its own research projects based on its members’ needs, and (iii) propose and promote policies, procedures and standards and present them to government and industry bodies to give small satellite companies a stronger voice in existing standardisation bodies while creating its own standards where needed.