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2021 TSRQ2 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. . .
2020 Space Workforce: Europe Climbs; India Dips; U.S. Still Dwarfs
As with so many industries around the world in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic brought disruption and change to the global space industry. Despite setbacks, hiring in many nations continued to escalate. Analysis of trends in the global space. . .
Average Payloads Deployed per Successful Orbital Launch (2011-2020)
Why might we be seeing this shift towards small vehicles? Average payload deployment per successful launch, a reflection of growing ridesharing among spacecraft operators, reached a height of nearly 11 payloads per launch in 2020. This figure is 2.5 times higher than the previous year and 7 times higher than a decade ago.
S-Network Space Index vs. Benchmark Indexes, May 7, 2018 –March 31, 2021
Assessing the multi-year performance of the S-Network Space Index since live calculation began in May 2018, the outperformance in Q1 2021 was insufficient to close the substantial gap the SNET 3000 and SNET Global 2500 opened up in late 2019 and early 2020.
S-Network Space Index vs. Benchmark Indexes, Recovery from COVID-19 Crash
The first quarter of 2021 also marked the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 market crash, which brought all three indexes to their lowest point on March 23, 2020. The indexes regained value essentially at the same rate until mid-January 2021, when SNET SPACE pulled away from its peers.
2020 TSRQ4 – Nation in Review: Germany
Germany’s overall space spending has increased 56% since 2009, and its domestic space spending in 2019 increased more than 30% from 2018, reaching €1.3 billion (US$1.53 billion). Finalized budget information for 2020 German space spending will not be available until early 2021. . .
2021 TSR Q1: 2020 in Launches: Successes, Failures, and Everything in Between
This was the year of the partial success. From the LauncherOne demo to the maiden flight of the KZ-11, 2020 saw explosions and anomalies around the world. Companies such as… 2020 TSRQ4 – Pandemic Surges, But So Does Space Finance
Quilty Analytics Quarterly Transactions Update Our core Satellite & Space index, which includes 27 publicly traded space-related companies, outperformed major indices, growing 27% in the fourth quarter with 2020 (4Q20)… 2020 TSRQ4 – Regenerative Medical Research Advances Through ISS Experiments
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 more than 200 miles above the ground are experimenting with ways cells grow and change, studying. . .
The Role Of Intellectual Property In Space Innovation
As the exponential growth of commercial space looms, this is a good time to survey several critical aspects of intellectual property (IP) as an enabler of innovation in commercial space. This article begins with a review of the vital role of. . .