Commercial Space Products and Services
Satellite Communications
Broadband Constellations: Market Challenges Remain as Launched Satellites Climb to More Than 1,000
At the end of 2020, more communications satellites orbited the Earth than all communications satellites deployed during the previous 10 years. Operators deployed more than. . .
2017 – Satellite Communications – Snapshot
Communications satellite services allow two-way data, voice, and video connections. In 2017, revenues in this sector were estimated at $## billion, up slightly from $## billion in 2016.
2016 – Satellite Communications – Snapshot
Communications satellites have traditionally been divided into two types: fixed satellite services (FSS) and mobile satellite services (MSS).
2005 – Satellite Communications
SIA’s Satellite Industry Survey does not report telephone trunking revenue (i.e., telephony-related revenue from transponder leasing) separately, but as part of the FSS market. SIA also includes VSAT revenue, revenue from data and video transponder leasing, and remote sensing in FSS revenue, for a total of $## billion. Euroconsult lists FSS market revenue as $## billion for 2005; this number is based on revenues from all 36 FSS satellite operators.
2007 – Satellite Communications
Communications satellite services are comprised of fixed satellite services, mobile satellite services, satellite radio, television services, and data communications. DTH television is the largest segment of communications satellite services with ##% of total communications satellite revenue.
2012 – Satellite Communications
The 2012 revenue for the satellite communications sector is estimated at $## billion, #% higher than the 2011 figure of $## billion. The market is composed of satellite operators, which lease out the transmission capacity of their satellites to private and government clients in need of transmission capability. Traditionally, these satellites were used to transmit voice and television signals where it was economically or technically disadvantageous to string telephone wire. Examples include transoceanic transmissions, places like Siberia where…
2013 – Satellite Communications
Estimated 2013 revenue for the satellite communications segment reached $## billion, #% higher than the $## billion identified in 2012. The market is composed of satellite operators, which own satellites and lease the transmission capacity of these satellites to private and government clients in need of transmission capability. Traditionally, these satellites were used to transmit voice and television signals. As technology has developed to allow…
2014 – Satellite Communications
Satellite communications segment revenues for 2014 rose slightly to $## billion, ##% higher than the $## billion in revenue for 2013. Although broadcasts from satellites are a form of satellite communications, for the purposes of this report satellite communications are two-way transmission links between users and the satellites themselves. The links transmit data, voice, and video—although the distinction between…
2015 – Satellite Communications – Snapshot
Operators of communication satellites lease satellite capacity to satellite broadcasting companies, making the provision of these services possible. For example, DISH Network accounted for nearly a third of Hughes Network’s total revenue in 2015. Satellite communications also include two-way data, voice, and video connections. Revenues for the satellite communications segment in 2015 were…