Satellite News

According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Ground Segment Market Prospects: Part 1, Forecasts to 2028, the commercial satellite ground segment market, including satcom applications, EO applications and user terminals for user applications, is going through significant expansion in terms of both capabilities and demand and will grow from US$264 million in 2018 to nearly US$360 million in 2028.

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) released the 2019 State of the Satellite Industry Report at an industry briefing.

NSR’s Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 5th Edition (2019) finds accelerated pricing decline across operator segments, with a global average decline of 18% over the past 12 months.

Frost & Sullivan forecasts an estimated launch demand for 11,746 small satellites for new constellation installations and replacement missions by 2030. Such demand would take the small-satellite launch services market past the US$69 billion mark and present significant growth opportunities throughout the industry.

The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) analysed the risks that launch delays pose to large satellite constellations in a policy paper, Launch Uncertainty: Implications for Large Constellations.

According to the 21st edition of its report Satellites to be Built and Launched over the Next 10 Years, Euroconsult anticipates that 330 satellites with a mass over 50 kg will be launched on average each year by 2027 for government agencies and commercial organisations worldwide.

According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Prospects for Space Exploration, global government investment in space exploration totalled US$14.6 billion in 2017, a 6% increase compared to 2016. Fifteen leading space programmes world-wide are estimated to contribute to this global investment with the U.S. accounting for 74% of the total.

According to a new market intelligence report by BIS Research, titled “Global High-throughput Satellite Market, Analysis & Forecast, 2018 – 2023,” the high-throughput satellite (HTS) market was estimated as US$3,466 million in 2017 and is expected to reach US$7.31 billion by 2023.