NSR in the News

March 19, 2021

SpaceNews: Satellite veterans warn of space SPAC downside

NSR outlined how Iridium’s recurring revenue, and corresponding valuation, put it in a very different position from today’s SPACs in a forthcoming SpaceNews commentary. “The recent spree of space SPACs are marked by unrealistic projections,”. “Not counting Iridium, the average space SPAC has a $1.8 billion enterprise valuation built on assumptions it can grow [an average.

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March 18, 2021

Satnews: Market Revenues Of $1 Trillion Plus For Space + Satellite Markets… An NSR Report

Discussing space and satellite market revenue opportunity, “Classical/traditional connectivity requirements are the largest revenue source for the NSR Global Space Economy analysis,” said [NSR]. “Right now, the entire sector is in a period of transformation – from largely complex, bespoke technology to a proliferated, distributed, serialized technology stack. Software-defined and software-centric, mass-produced, and a network-of-networks are proliferating.

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Market Gossip: Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicer, MEV-2, about to dock at Intelsat’s 10-02 satellite

Northrop Grumman‘s second servicing satellite, MEV-2, approaches Intelsat’s 10-02 satellite readiness for a docking attempt. According to the Philadelphia-based satellite industry consultant Northern Sky Research(NSR) research, the GEO servicing missions will grow to about seventy-five satellites by 2030. These life-extension missions are valued at approximately $3.2 billion cumulative market potential. [NSR] reveals that’s in the.

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Interesting Engineering: Space Janitors at Work: A Company Is Building Debris Collection Spacecraft.

In Interesting Engineering’s article on Space Debris Collection: It’s getting crowded in space with plenty of satellites being launched every year. But what do you do with the old inactive satellites? How do you ensure they don’t become dangerous garbage? “Our fleet of reusable servicers, located in different orbits, enables satellite’s life extension and space debris removal.

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