2020
Nation in Review: India – TSRQ1 2021
Introduction | The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has seen tremendous demand for its space services in the past few decades, spurring a necessary transformation to a more comprehensive partnership…
Space Force: Mission Moves Forward as New Branch Begins Its Second Year
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) has marked its first anniversary and secured a public affirmation from President Biden’s administration that the nation’s newest military branch will endure, allowing Space Force…
Nation in Review: Germany
Budget Overview Germany’s overall space spending has increased 56% since 2009, and its domestic space spending in 2019 increased more than 30% from 2018, reaching €1.3 billion (US$1.53 billion).[efn_note]Space Foundation…
Full Story: 2020 in Launches: Successes, Failures, and Everything in Between
This was the year of the partial success. From the LauncherOne demo to the maiden flight of the KZ-11, 2020 saw explosions and anomalies around the world. Companies such as…
Pandemic Surges, But So Does Space Finance – TSRQ4 2020
Quilty Analytics Quarterly Transactions Update Our core Satellite & Space index, which includes 27 publicly traded space-related companies, outperformed major indices, growing 27% in the fourth quarter with 2020 (4Q20)…
Regenerative Medical Research Advances Through ISS Experiments – TSRQ4 2020
Introduction | The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) offer a profound opportunity to make discoveries in regenerative medicine that would not be possible on Earth. Scientists floating…
Broadband Constellations: Market Challenges Remain as Launched Satellites Climb to More Than 1,000 – TSRQ4 2020
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…
Space Policy 2020 – Global Highlights: Collaboration, Situational Awareness, Debris Tracking, and Private Growth Dominate – TSRQ4 2020
Introduction In 2020, many significant events influenced policy across the global space community. In the United States, new policy directives, along with the results of the 2020 election, will impact…
The Race to the Moon and the Promise of Cislunar Space – TSRQ4 2020
Introduction | Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt in 1972 were the last of a dozen men to walk on the Moon. For the past 48 years, lunar…
Economy Insights: Space Index – TSRQ3 2020
The S-Network Space Index℠ Q2 2020 Performance Introduction | The S-Network Space Index tracks a global portfolio of publicly traded companies that are active in space-related businesses such as satellite-based…