Satellite Communications

NSR’s 20th Edition of the Military Satellite Communications report offers a comprehensive 10-year outlook and forecasting for government and military satellite communications opportunities from 2022 to 2032. 

The report is based on several sources, including: 

• NSR’s research from the past year 
• Interviews, desk research, and annual reports from vendors, satellite operators, and nation-states. 

Key questions answered in this report:

• What are the key trends and factors that will affect the government and military satellite communications market during 2022-2032? 
• Which capacity architectures will drive growth? 
• What should service providers and satellite operators do to exploit new business opportunities? 
• How will conflicts in Europe, the Middle-East and rising tensions in the Pacific impact the outlook for connectivity services?

Who should purchase this report:

• Satellite Operators strategy teams that need to understand where demand is shifting according to different market drivers 
• Product management teams that are responsible for feature functionality and geographical focus, and product marketing teams that are responsible for revenue growth 
• Government and Military organizations looking to understand the market size, shape and direction. 
• Investors analysing the satellite connectivity market.

NSR Difference – what sets this report apart from our Competition 

The 20th edition of NSR’s Military Satellite Communications report offers the complete picture the drivers, trends and challenges faced by the government and military satellite communications market through the next decade. Leveraging 20+ years of in-house research and expertise, NSR offers the most extensive assessment of this market available. Providing the answers to the core questions for interested market players, NSR’s MSC20 keeps readers, ahead of the curve. 

Covered in this report: 

• Global Forecast
• Key Market Trends
• Land, Maritime, Airbourne and Bulk Leasing Forecast Oulook

Report segmentation: 

Service types 

• Land-Handhelds, COTM, COTP
• Sea-Nearshore and Bluewater 
• Air-Piloted and UAS 
• Sovereign SATCOM as a Service (Bulk Leasing) 

Geographical coverage

• Worldwide
• North America 
• Latin America 
• Europe 
• Middle East & Africa  
• Asia 
• Oceanic (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian) 
• Arctic and Antarctic 

Variables

• In-Service Unit 
• Equipment Revenues 
• Service Revenues 
• Retail Revenues 
• Capacity Demand (TPEs/Gbps/Mbps) 
• Capacity Revenues 

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Table of Contents 

• About this report   
• Key Trends in Gov & Mil Commercial Satellite Connectivity 
• Global Forecast Outlook and Historical Review
• Land-Handhelds, On-the-Pause (COTP), and On-the-Move (COTM) 
• Maritime-Nearshore and Bluewater 
• Airbourne-Piloted & UAS Platforms 
• Bulk Leasing-Sovereign SATCOM as a Service 
• Appendix 

List of Exhibits 

• Figure 1: $103 Billion USD Government and Military Spending on Commercial Satellite Connectivity, 2022 to 2032 
• Figure 2: Government and Military markets a key segment of the global space economy 
• Figure 3: Interoperability Goals of Network in Recent Testing 
• Figure 4: Starshield is positioned to be a strong competitor in the market
• Figure 5: Key end-user pricing considerations 
• Figure 6: A growing market for Sovereign SATCOM systems 
• Figure 7: Current Starlink Coverage in Ukraine (October 2023)- access is still not available in a number of conflict active locations. 
• Figure 8: Government and Military satellite connectivity revenues by segment, 2022 to 2032 
• Figure 9: Government and military satellite capacity demand by segment, 2022 – 2032
• Figure 10: Government and military capacity revenues by capacity, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 11: Government and Military retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 12: Comparison of Government and Military Satellite Communications retail revenues forecasts, 2014 – 2032 
• Figure 13: Comparison of FSS forecast capacity demand, 2014 – 2032 
• Figure 14: Comparison of HTS forecast capacity demand, 2014 – 2032
• Figure 15: Handheld & Other retail revenues, 2022 – 2032
• Figure 16: Land-Mobile (COTP) retail revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 17: Land-Mobile (COTM) retail revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 18: Handhelds & Other in-service units, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 19: Handhelds & Other retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032
• Figure 20: Land-Mobile (COTP) in-service units by region, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 21: Land-Mobile (COTP) retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 22: Land-Mobile (COTP) capacity demand by architecture, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 23: Land-Mobile (COTM) in-service units by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 24: Land-Mobile (COTM) retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032 Figure 25: Land-Mobile (COTM) capacity demand by architecture, 2022 – 2032
• Figure 26: Maritime retail revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 27: Maritime retail revenues by region, 2022 to 2032   
• Figure 28: Maritime service revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 29: Maritime equipment revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032
• Figure 30: Maritime capacity demand by architecture, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 31: Aero (UAS) retail revenues by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 32: Aero (Manned) retail revenues by architecture, 2022 to 2032 
• Figure 33: Aero (Manned) in-service units by architecture, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 34: Aero (Manned) capacity demand by architecture, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 35: Aero (Manned) in-service units & retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 36: Aero (UAS) in-service units by architecture, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 37: Aero (UAS) capacity demand by architecture, 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 38: Aero (UAS) in-service units & retail revenues by region, 2022 – 2032   
• Figure 39: Bulk Leasing Capacity Demand (Gbps, FSS + HTS), 2022 – 2032 
• Figure 40: Bulk Leasing Capacity Revenues by region, 2022 – 2032