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Infrastructure: Spacecraft Overview – TSRQ1 2019
Infrastructure: Spacecraft Overview - TSRQ1 2019 examines global spacecraft/satellite operations conducted throughout the three space sectors, military, civil government, and commercial. This edition covers communication, PNT, and Earth observation/remote sensing…
Education – TSRQ3 2019
Education - TSRQ3 2019 examines STEM education trends domestically and globally from primary school to postgraduate school spanning from 2000 to 2017.
2017 – U.S. Space Industry Employment
In 2016, private industry space companies in the United States employed 128,163 professionals. This is 1.6% fewer than in 2015, continuing an 8-year trend of decline in the size of…
2017 – U.S. Space Workforce
The U.S. Space workforce is composed of more than 173,000 workers across the commercial, civil, and national security sectors. In recent years, the U.S. space workforce has been shrinking, and…
2017 – Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems
PNT satellite constellations continued growing during 2017. Deployments led to a 6% increase in the in-orbit PNT satellite population as a result of Chinese, European, Indian, Japanese, and Russian efforts…
2017 – Communications Satellites Overview
Aggregate revenues in the satellite communications industry have been relatively static over recent years, even as specific markets grew or declined. The 92 communications satellites deployed in 2017 constituted a…
2017 – Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Overview
Earth observation (EO) and remote sensing (RS) continued to be the dominant mission type among spacecraft deployed in 2017. Of 443 spacecraft deployed during the year, 232 (52%) were for…
2017 – Satellite Overview
The year 2017 was a significant one for spacecraft, with a record-setting 443 satellites deployed. This was a 96% increase from 2016 and easily broke the previous satellite deployment record…
Space Products and Services – TSR 2018
Space Products and Services - TSR 2018 explores some of the ways in which space products and services have enriched the lives and businesses of everyday people, using Earth observation…
2017 – U.S. National Security Space Budgets *
The United States spent $## billion on space activities in fiscal year (FY) 2017, which ran from October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017. Nearly half of U.S. government spending,…