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2016 – Taking the Stress out of Travel Planning
Smartphone software applications aid drivers with detailed travel plans.
2016 – Economy: Space Economy
The global space industry continued to grow in 2015, although currency fluctuations caused the appearance of a slight decline . . .
European Space Industry Workforce by Country 2000 – 2020
Stacked bar chart showing a twenty-year look at the European space industry workforce by country 2000 – 2020
Space Technology Hall of Fame and Space Certification – 2015 Inductees
2015 – European Space Industry Employment – Snapshot
Data on the European space workforce is collected annually via surveys by Eurospace, an association of the European space manufacturing industry. The survey focuses on design, development, and…
2015 – German Government Space Budget – Snapshot
Overall, Germany’s spending on space activities in 2015 totaled €1.425 billion (US$1.589 billion), an 8.0% increase from €1.319 billion (US$1.806 billion) in 2014. Germany’s contribution to…
2015 – Government Space Budgets – Snapshot
Total global government space budgets in 2015 were $76.516 billion, a 4.8% decrease from $80.415 billion in 2014. More than half of this spending was in the United States, which budgeted $44.567 billion for government space activities in 2015. Government budget levels reflect the most recent budgetary information available for each country, taking into account the fact…
2014 – Military Communications
Global, dedicated, and secure communications networks are vital to governments, militaries, and agencies around the world. Increased demand for capacity—particularly secure connectivity using non-commercial frequency bands—continued to drive deployment of dedicated military communications satellite systems. The U.S. military bought significant capacity from commercial operators such as Intelsat and SES in 2014. However, the way the military buys the bandwidth has been criticized by commercial satellite communications services as expensive and outdated.
2014 – Earth Observation
Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and satellite imagery services constituted ## of the nearly ## satellites successfully launched and deployed during 2014. The most recent estimate provided by consulting firm Northern Sky Research (NSR) showed EO service revenues climbing to an estimated $## billion in 2013. Overall growth has slowed, dropping below the CAGR achieved by the EO market from 2007 to 2012. The largest revenue growth occurred in defense and intelligence, but services—including insurance, tourism, and news media applications—grew at the fastest rate. In late 2014, NSR predicted the satellite EO market would grow to $## billion by 2023.
Satellite Radar Helps UK police in critical searches
Whether using multispectral imagery from satellite imagery providers such as DigitalGlobe, or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) products from satellites such as the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) TerraSAR-X, law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and other countries are learning how crime-related investigations can benefit from satellite assistance. The constabulary is using SAR and imagery to reduce costs and time associated with conducting searches for hidden graves in urban locations.