“There is not a clear signal that this contract sends regarding the long-term significance of this contract award to Telesat. It remains to be seen how far the Blackjack program will go, given multiple smallsat endeavors by DARPA and other DoD entities that have been cancelled or delayed.”
NSR Anticipates Strong Growth in Smallsat Market Driven by Constellations, Despite Numerous Challenges Cambridge, MA – NSR’s Small Satellite Markets, 5th Edition (SSM5), released today, forecasts the market to yield $37 billion in cumulative revenues from smallsat manufacturing and launch services by 2027, with 6,500 smallsats set to launch during this time. Constellations will be the.
NSR’s In-Orbit Servicing Markets’ report quoted in SatelliteProME.Com article – In January this year, market research firm Northern Sky Research concluded in its ‘In-Orbit Servicing Markets’ report that by 2028 the market will be worth $3bn, with life extension driving much of this revenue.
As the technological prowess of satellite component and prime manufacturers has developed over the past half century, satellites have increased not only in capabilities but in longevity. A satellite launched in the 1990s was designed to operate for an average 12 years, a life expectancy that by the 2000s increased to 15 years. Many continue.