Satellite News

Euroconsult forecasted that satellite capacity revenue in the global maritime market will nearly double over the next decade, with a compound annual growth rate of 7%.

According to Euroconsult’s newly released research report, Profiles of Government Space Programs, global budgets for space programmes dropped to US$72.1 billion in 2013 following peak spending at US$72.9 billion in 2012.

According to a new market report “Commercial Satellite Imaging Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2019,” published by Transparency Market Research, the market for commercial satellite imaging globally is forecast to reach US$5,018.6 million by 2019.

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Teal Group space analysts have identified 3,164 space payloads proposed to be built and launched to Earth or deep space orbits between 2013 and 2032. They estimate the value of these satellites and other space payloads at more than US$235 billion.

“Concerned a rocket launch might add more congestion to the skies during Thanksgiving week, federal regulators blocked SpaceX’s bid to launch a commercial broadcasting satellite Tuesday and Wednesday, two of the busiest travel days of the year” in the USA. (Spaceflight Now)

NSR’s Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA), 3rd Edition found total revenues among all satellite operators increased by 2.2% in U.S. dollar terms from 2011 to 2012, with the combined revenues of all reporting operators boosted to US$11.39 billion in 2012.

NSR’s 10th edition of the Government and Military Satellite Communications (GMSC-10) report projects the industry will generate US$5 billion in revenue growth by 2022 primarily from rising transponder and bandwidth demand of UAVs and airborne manned missions.