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Workforce: Space Workforce – TSRQ1 2020
Workforce: Space Workforce - TSRQ1 2020 explores employment trends of the global space workforce at national levels, including NASA and U.S. National Security space workforce.
2018 – PNT Satellite Manufacturers
The top three manufacturers of PNT satellites in 2018, from an overall share perspective, came from China and Russia. The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) manufactured 35% (9) of…
2018 – BeiDou/CentiSpace
Of all the nations deploying and operating PNT satellites in 2018, China was the busiest. At the beginning of 2018, the nation’s PNT system, known as BeiDou (Compass), consisted of…
2018 – PNT Satellites – Breakdown by Mission Segment
Like PNT deployments in previous years, the majority of the 27 PNT satellites deployed in 2018, 81% (21) were for military missions. Four satellites (15% of the total) were deployed…
2018 Communications Satellites Breakdown by Payload Type
Of the 128 communications satellites deployed in 2018, 28% of them (36) involved communications for maritime tracking; the greatest number of these were the Spire Global’s satellites discussed below. The…
2017 – Communications Satellites Overview
Aggregate revenues in the satellite communications industry have been relatively static over recent years, even as specific markets grew or declined. The 92 communications satellites deployed in 2017 constituted a…
2018 – China Launch, Payload *
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