The top ### operators of the overall number of communications satellites deployed in 2018 are...
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Satellite Design ,
2018
In 1900, a hurricane defied U.S. Weather Service predictions and destroyed Galveston, Texas. The highest part of the island on which the city rests is about ### meters (# feet) above sea level. Death toll estimates vary, but at least #### Galveston residents...
Satellite Design ,
2018
Three manufacturers accounted for ##% (##) of all EO/RS satellites deployed in 2018: Planet, Spire Global, and...
Satellite Design ,
2018
The countries with spacecraft operators operating the most EO/RS satellites deployed in 2018 were in the U.S. and China. Combined, operators from these two countries accounted for ##% (##)...
Satellite Design ,
2018 ,
China, United States
Of the ### communications satellites deployed in 2018, ##% of them (##) involved communications for...
Satellite Design ,
2018 ,
Denmark, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Russia, United States
The majority of communications satellites deployed in 2018, ##% (##), were for...
Satellite Design ,
2018
Optical payloads constituted the largest share of the payloads of the ### EO/RS satellites deployed during 2018, ##% (###)...
Satellite Design ,
Denmark, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Russia, United States
The majority of communications satellites deployed in 2018, ##% (##), were for...
Satellite Design
Of the ### EO/RS satellites deployed in 2018, a majority, ##% (##), were deployed for commercial purposes.
Communications Satellites ,
2017 ,
Australia, China, France, India, United States
Aggregate revenues in the satellite communications industry have been relatively static over recent years, even as specific markets grew or declined. The ## communications satellites deployed in...
Earth Observation/Remote Sensing Satellites ,
2017
## continued to be the ## mission type among spacecraft deployed in 2017. Of ## spacecraft deployed during the year, ## (##%) were for ## missions. While the share of spacecraft is a slight decrease from ##% in 2016, the number of ## spacecraft deployed in 2017 is ## the ## deployed in...
Satellites ,
2017
The year 2017 was a significant one for spacecraft, with a record-setting ## satellites deployed. This was a ##% increase from 2016 and easily broke the previous...
Infrastructure ,
2018
There were ### communications satellites deployed in 2018, a ##% share of the ### satellites deployed
Appendix
Our data is updated constantly, whether because a source changes a number or description, or discovery of a better primary source. This log is our record of data and other changes due to those and other circumstances. We started this effort in February 2019.
Orbital Payload Launch ,
European Multinational Efforts
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Orbital Payload Launch ,
2018 ,
China
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Payload Launch ,
2018 ,
China, European Multinational Efforts, India, Iran, Japan, Russia, United States
