SPACE ECONOMY 101 | New Space Economy

Infographic defining the space sector as organizations that design, build, launch, and operate space assets, and defining the broader space economy as all value created by direct, downstream, and indirect space-enabled activities.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SPACE SECTOR AND THE SPACE ECONOMY

Infographic explaining the space economy as an ecosystem of launch services, satellites, ground systems, data, applications, participants, value flows, and practical services.

WHAT IS THE SPACE ECONOMY?

Historical timeline covering seven periods of human space activity, including early spaceflight, lunar missions, space stations, satellite services, international cooperation, commercial space, and future cislunar development.

THE MAJOR ERAS OF HUMAN SPACE ACTIVITY

Infographic outlining six space-economy domains, related commercial activities, stakeholder groups, value-chain stages, example markets, future trends, and sector-wide benefits.

THE SPACE ECONOMY AT A GLANCE

Infographic comparing government-led, market-driven, and public-interest space activity, including each sector’s goals, funding sources, organizations, activities, outputs, examples, and ways they cooperate.

THE PUBLIC, COMMERCIAL, AND CIVIL SPACE SECTORS

Infographic comparing two periods of space activity: the late-1950s-to-1990s era of national competition and the 2000s-to-present era of commercial and international growth. It lists differences in goals, funding, leading actors, technologies, risk tolerance, markets, and outcomes, and includes a timeline from Sputnik through future lunar and deep-space activity.

FROM THE SPACE RACE TO THE COMMERCIAL SPACE AGE

Infographic describing satellite-enabled services used throughout a typical day, including navigation, communications, online payments, agriculture, media, emergency alerts, environmental monitoring, and transportation.

HOW SPACE ACTIVITIES AFFECT EVERYDAY LIFE

Infographic explaining how space-sector value moves from manufacturing, launch, and infrastructure through satellite operations, data transport, and platform services to applications, analytics, insights, decisions, and end-user services.

THE UPSTREAM, MIDSTREAM, AND DOWNSTREAM SPACE ECONOMY

Infographic explaining the space economy’s role in communications, navigation, weather forecasting, Earth observation, security, innovation, resilience, everyday services, economic growth, and investment.

WHY DOES THE SPACE ECONOMY MATTER?

Infographic tracing six stages of space-sector development, from exploration and infrastructure building to commercial growth, connectivity, and in-space markets; it also lists participants, technologies, milestones, business models, and value-creation areas.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPACE ECONOMY