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SNAPSHOT: Payload Analysis 2020: Communications Deployments Redefine Growth
Communications payloads dominated the satellite market in 2020, accounting for 81% of all payloads deployed and driving a five-year increase of 3,000% The primary influencer — Starlink — accounted for… Global Space Economy Climbs Despite Turbulent Year, Disrupted Government Spending
Introduction | International successes in space, such as the Hope, Perseverance and the Zhurong missions to Mars, don’t happen without years of advance government spending. In 2020, as nations struggled… Infrastructure: Human Spaceflight
Introduction | Since Yuri Gagarin’s orbital flight around the Earth in April 1961, humans in pioneering new technologies and pushing the limits of what’s considered possible. This year ushered in… Nation in Review: United Kingdom – TSRQ3 2020
This is the first of a new analysis series that will provide closer examination of a nation’s space industry. Space Economy In the last decade, spending on domestic space programs… Infrastructure: Spacecraft/Satellites Overview – TSRQ2 2020
Introduction | Spacecraft deployment numbers rose by five in 2019, increasing slightly to 466 spacecraft deployments last year. While deployments moved up, space vehicle launch attempts decreased from 114 in…
Economy: U.S. and Non-U.S. Government Space Investment
Introduction | Space is a global enterprise, with companies,private backers, and nations around the world investing in commercial, civil and defense space sectors. In 2019, well before the global coronavirus… Workforce: Space Workforce
Introduction | The space industry relies on tens of thousands of highly skilled workers to design, build, and operate advanced technologies that enable space activities and research that increases our… Economy Insights: Competing in the Global Space Economy
Introduction | In the popular imagination, the space industry implies launch platforms, rockets, and satellites — the incredibly sophisticated, government-backed systems that enable us to get to space. While these…
Economy Insights: Commercial Activity on the International Space Station
Introduction | This year marks the 20th anniversary of human habitation on the International Space Station (ISS). That sustained success means NASA and the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, which share… Space Policy
Introduction | In 2018, significant policy developments helped shape the future space economy. At the international level, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) released…