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title: "Space Economy Taxonomy – CB Insights"
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author: "NSE"
published: "2022-09-11T03:00:00+00:00"
modified: "2022-09-22T20:10:14+00:00"
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description: "Space economy taxonomy from a market research firm."
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  - "Communications Market"
  - "Launch Market"
  - "Space Economy"
  - "Taxonomies"
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  - "Satellite Constellations"
  - "Space Industry"
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  - "Spacecraft"
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# Space Economy Taxonomy – CB Insights

CB Insights is a market research business. This perspective is from 2017.

![](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_2574.png?resize=696%2C988&ssl=1)

*Source: [CB Insights](https://www.cbinsights.com/research/space-tech-startups-market-map/)*

- Space Economy
  - Exploration
    - Natural resources
    - Consumer tourism
    - Interplanetary
  - Orbit
    - Research and development
    - Satellite constellation operation
  - Launch and downstream
    - Communications and tracking
    - Spacecraft design and launch providers
    - Data analytics