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2017 – Europe Payload Launch – Snapshot

European launch activities in 2017 accounted for 11 SLV launch attempts, the same rate as the previous two years. Although launch numbers remained the same . . .

2017 – Russia Payload Launch – Snapshot

In 2017, Russia conducted 21% of global orbital launch attempts, a negligible increase from 20% in 2016. While its share of launch activities remained almost static, the country’s . . .

2017 – Brazilian Government Space Budget – Snapshot

Brazil has experienced widespread economic challenges in recent years, which weakened the Brazilian Real by 51% relative to the US dollar over the past decade. The Brazilian government allocated . . .

2017 – Government Space Budgets – Snapshot

The space investments of governments continue to shift on the basis of national priorities and politics…

2017 – Ground Stations and Equipment – Snapshot

Ground equipment includes the hardware on Earth needed to interact with spacecraft and to receive and make use of the signals that they transmit…

2017 – Commercial Human Spaceflight – Snapshot

Multiple companies are continuing to work toward launching humans on suborbital flights in the near future…

2017 – Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems – Snapshot

PNT satellite constellations continued growing during 2017. Deployments led to a 6% increase in the in-orbit PNT satellite population as a result of Chinese, European . . .

2017 – Earth Observation – Snapshot

The commercial remote sensing industry was estimated at $3.35 billion in 2017, up from $3.09 billion in 2016.

2017 – Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services – Snapshot

Positioning, navigation, and timing services are provided by government-owned GNSS satellite constellations at no cost to users…

2017 – Satellite Communications – Snapshot

Communications satellite services allow two-way data, voice, and video connections. In 2017, revenues in this sector were estimated at $23.20 billion, up slightly from . . .