Infrastructure

Space infrastructure, like its terrestrial counterpart, is an invisible backbone for services used by people all over the world. Like terrestrial infrastructure, space infrastructure is increasingly relied upon for convenience, services, and national security/defense. If there was an emerging trend, it is that space infrastructure is increasingly stressed while benefiting from the sources of that stress: commercially driven services and technologies.

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Annual Payload Deployment Climbs 36%, Driven Largely by Broadband Growth

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Orbital Launch Activity Grows at Record Pace in 2022

Space launch activity continued to grow rapidly in 2022, reaching…

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Pressure Ramps Up for New Vehicle Launches Pushed from 2022 to 2023

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International Space Station Damage Triggers Apparent Detente

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