Commercial Space Stations : Big Bet or Sure Win?

Last year, NASA awarded Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman $416 million in contracts toward the study of designs of commercially-operated space stations. With the ISS currently planned for retirement by 2031, and following the growing commercialization of LEO, its government owners are looking at potential replacements. Space tourism is publicized as the next commercial.

Starlink & Other Non-GEOs: Shifting Paradigm for Fixed VSATs?

Non-GEO players are accelerating their go-to-market strategies to penetrate different segments of the Satellite Communication markets, especially in the high volume, highly lucrative fixed VSAT segment. Starlink has already acquired 145,000+ broadband access subscribers globally under the beta plan and now has announced the service roll out plan for enterprise customers. OneWeb is also progressing.

TDAmeritrade: NSR’s Latest Report Projects $2 Billion Optical Satcom Market Driven by Non-GEO Constellations

NSR’s newly released Optical Satellite Communications, 4 Edition (OSC4) projects a $2 Billion Optical Satcom market for equipment, driven primarily by upcoming Non-GEO constellations. As Optical Satcom growth trends upwards at a 47% CAGR, projected demand reaches 6,000+ laser communication terminal (LCT) units over the next decade. Optical Satcom is situated to significantly impact both.

Kratos: Software-Defined Satellites – Market Overview & Trends

Flexibility is the greatest driver in the satellite industry. As technology across the value chain has improved, barriers to entry have come down in both manufacturing and launch. In turn, a growing diversity of solutions has, and continues to, come to market, finding new ground by providing customers with more options, through flexibility. This was.