IHS Jane's Space Systems & Industry
Formerly known as Jane's Space Directory, IHS Jane's Space Systems & Industry has long been recognised as one of the leading reference sources for technical information about the world's space programmes. Profiling thousands of spacecraft, orbital and suborbital launchers, launch sites, space-related agencies, manufacturers and operators, JSSI has provided a global view of the development, applications and support facilities associated with space-based systems.
Traditionally published each year in hardback, it later became available on the web by subscribing at:
http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence/det-products/space-systems-industry.aspx.
The JSSI web edition was continually revised and updated.
As consultant editor, my first edition of the annual was the 2008-2009 issue. I ceased to edit JSSI in May 2018. The final edition that I edited contained the following sections:
"This edition is as comprehensive as ever and has lived up to its reputation as the most authoritative single source on global space products, industries and markets..... (Peter Bond's) familiarity with communicating complex astronautical information in a simple and digestible form is visible in the transformation of this yearbook from a tabulated directory into a veritable mine of information detailing space programmes through long essays and incisive analysis.
"Of particular interest is the executive overview containing useful information explaining the implications behind current events around the space-faring world. In this way Jane's has caught the need of the moment. This age of information overload cries out for extraction of the important from the irrelevant, providing interpretation rather than mere repetition of facts. In this way, Jane's Space Systems and Industry 2011-2012 is a timely improvement on earlier `directories' and will serve as the benchmark by which all other space references are measured. Intended primarily for government departments and industry, it is as useful to the novice as to the professional." (Spaceflight, February 2012)
Traditionally published each year in hardback, it later became available on the web by subscribing at:
http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence/det-products/space-systems-industry.aspx.
The JSSI web edition was continually revised and updated.
As consultant editor, my first edition of the annual was the 2008-2009 issue. I ceased to edit JSSI in May 2018. The final edition that I edited contained the following sections:
- Executive Overview
- Commercial Space Services
- Civil Space Organisations
- Space Defence
- Space Industry
- Space Launch Vehicles
- Spacecraft
- Contractors
- Space Logs
"This edition is as comprehensive as ever and has lived up to its reputation as the most authoritative single source on global space products, industries and markets..... (Peter Bond's) familiarity with communicating complex astronautical information in a simple and digestible form is visible in the transformation of this yearbook from a tabulated directory into a veritable mine of information detailing space programmes through long essays and incisive analysis.
"Of particular interest is the executive overview containing useful information explaining the implications behind current events around the space-faring world. In this way Jane's has caught the need of the moment. This age of information overload cries out for extraction of the important from the irrelevant, providing interpretation rather than mere repetition of facts. In this way, Jane's Space Systems and Industry 2011-2012 is a timely improvement on earlier `directories' and will serve as the benchmark by which all other space references are measured. Intended primarily for government departments and industry, it is as useful to the novice as to the professional." (Spaceflight, February 2012)
