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Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries
Launches and New Vehicle Debuts Climbed in 2020, But So Did the Failure Rate
Introduction | The global launch pace set in 2020 tied as the highest in decades, but with that came an increase in risk and a shift in the major players.…
Regenerative Medical Research Advances Through ISS Experiments – TSRQ4 2020
Introduction | The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) offer a profound opportunity to make discoveries in regenerative medicine that would not be possible on Earth. Scientists floating…
Broadband Constellations: Market Challenges Remain as Launched Satellites Climb to More Than 1,000 – TSRQ4 2020
Introduction | At the end of 2020, more communications satellites orbited the Earth than all communications satellites deployed during the previous 10 years. Operators deployed more than 1,000 communications satellites…
Economy Insights: Mergers and Acquisitions – TSRQ3 2020
Quilty Analytics Insight: Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Financing Drive a Robust Q3 Share price performance of our core satellite and space index, which includes 27 publicly traded space companies, was…
Economy: Commercial Space – TSRQ3 2020
Introduction | While governments play an important role in space activity, revenue generated from commercial space activity — undertaken by private industry with little or no government investment — accounts…
Insight: Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Falls and Regains Slightly in Q2 – TRSQ2 2020
Introduction | Satellite and space transactional activity experienced a notable drop in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. The decline in April and May 2020 volumes was…
Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries Overview
[exhibit:infrastructure-revenues]?end=2016[/exhibit]In 2017, commercial infrastructure and support industries generated $95.87 billion in revenue, 7.5% more than 2016. This category focuses on hardware and services provided by the private sector to enable…
2018 – Focusing on Small Satellite Growth and Manufacturing
As readers review the data within the spacecraft section of the Quarter 1 2018 issue of The Space Report, they will probably notice that one company keeps showing up as…
2017 – Launch Industry – Snapshot
In 2017, there were 91 launch attempts, 85 of which were successful. Launches procured by commercial satellite operators accounted for 26 of the attempts, and 25 of the successes –making…
2017 – Ground Stations and Equipment – Snapshot
Ground equipment includes the hardware on Earth needed to interact with spacecraft and to receive and make use of the signals that they transmit. This includes phones, terminals, and dishes…