A (LEO) Race to the Bottom?
With the satcom industry moving to network applications and integrated service business models, the price-demand equation has changed considerably over the last 5 years.
NSR Report: Maritime VSAT Connectivity Reaches Tipping Point
The right combination of price, end-user requirements, and connectivity demand is having a significant impact on the market.
Why the Optimism for Gov & Mil SATCOM?
With over $71B in cumulative retail revenues forecasted over the next ten years in our latest view on the market opportunity for Government and Military Satellite Communications, NSR is often asked: Why the Optimism? What has changed? Where is the opportunity (for me)? To start answering those questions, we need to first examine the macro-level.
Would GEO operators miss SSL?
News that SSL could abandon GEO communications satellite manufacturing sent ripples across the industry, helping to crystallise a trend that could have even wider implications for the market. While it would be “kind of a big deal” for operators to have one less supplier in GEO communications satellite manufacturing, “it may not be a minus.
Satellite Manufacturing and Launching: The Dawn of a New Era
We have liftoff! After many years spent developing its rocket, SpaceX launched its first GEO satellites and proved its upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1 with three launches within a few months. At the same time, other challengers such as United Launch Alliance are re-entering the commercial market. This is no surprise for incumbents such as Arianespace,.