Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries
Satellite Manufacturing
Broadband Constellations: Market Challenges Remain as Launched Satellites Climb to More Than 1,000
Introduction | 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 1,000 communications satellites…
2018 – Focusing on Small Satellite Growth and Manufacturing
As readers review the data within the spacecraft section of the Quarter 1 2018 issue of The Space Report, they will probably notice that one company keeps showing up as…
2017 – Satellite Manufacturing – Snapshot
Among the 443 spacecraft launched in 2017, there were 267 commercial payloads, constituting 60.3% of the total. This was more than triple the number of commercial payloads launched in 2016.[efn_note]Space…
2015 – Satellite Manufacturing
[exhibit:spacecraft-market-value-by-country][/exhibit]Aboard the 86 rockets that attempted a launch in 2015, there were 262 spacecraft, down 11% from 296 in 2014. Of the spacecraft intended for orbit in 2015, 126 were…
2016 – Satellite Manufacturing – Snapshot
Aboard the 85 rockets that attempted a launch in 2016, there were 232 spacecraft, down 11% from 262 in 2015. Of the spacecraft intended for orbit in 2016, 82 were…
Satellite Manufacturing
Aboard the ## rockets that attempted a launch in 2015, there were ## spacecraft, down ##% from ## in 2014. Of the spacecraft intended for orbit in 2015, ## were…
2005 – Satellite Manufacturing
According to the SIA, 2005 total commercial and government satellite manufacturing revenue was $## billion. Of this, ## percent of revenue was from government satellites ($## billion) and ## percent was…
2007 – Satellite Manufacturing
Satellite manufacturing revenue increased ##% overall to an estimated $## billion. This growth was driven by a ##% growth in revenue for government payloads to $## billion. Despite the overall…
2012 – Satellite Manufacturing
A total of 124 satellites were launched (or attempted to be launched) in 2012, a 13% increase from the 110 in 2011. This includes all payloads launched into space except…
2013 – Satellite Manufacturing
A total of 197 satellites were launched (or attempted to be launched) in 2013, a 59% increase from the 124 satellites launched in 2012. This includes all payloads launched into…