Business Models | New Space Economy

Infographic summarizes a satellite-based service model covering environmental measurements, customers, contracts and subscriptions, margin drivers, risks, and the need for ground measurements and independent checks.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Infographic summarizing intellectual-property licensing in the space sector, with sections on patents, software, designs, manufacturing know-how, revenue through fees or royalties, contract terms, value drivers, risks, and retained ownership.

SPACE IP LICENSING

Infographic summarizes the space-sector media and events business model, covering products sold, paying audiences, revenue sources, margin drivers, business risks, and the need to separate editorial coverage from paid promotion.

SPACE MEDIA AND EVENTS

Infographic explaining a commercial model for previously collected satellite imagery. It states that customers license existing images with specified usage rights and identifies mapping firms, researchers, agencies, and business users as buyers. Revenue sources include image purchases, collection licenses, and archive-access agreements. Useful coverage, discoverability, and repeated licensing may support margins, while outdated coverage, competing data, and licensing restrictions are listed as risks. The concluding statement says one observation may support multiple sales under suitable license terms.

ARCHIVE IMAGERY LICENSING

Infographic summarizing a space-sector engineering services model, including design and development services, customer groups, fee structures, margin factors, project risks, and early definition of deliverables and intellectual-property ownership.

CUSTOM SPACE ENGINEERING

A business explainer describes how an initial major customer may purchase early service access, capacity, or long-term supply; it identifies government and commercial buyers, purchase commitments, value drivers, risks, and the limits of relying on one customer.

ANCHOR CUSTOMERS

Infographic explaining a managed satellite communications business model, including its offering, organizational customers, setup and recurring fees, margin drivers, operational risks, and emphasis on dependable support.

ENTERPRISE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY

Infographic states that providers support microgravity research projects through experiment integration, facility access, operations, and data delivery, and lists customers, revenue sources, margin drivers, risks, and a caution about research outcomes.

MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH SERVICES

Infographic states that providers transport supplies, equipment, and experiments to orbital facilities, then outlines the service sold, customer groups, contract-based revenue, margin drivers, four operational risks, and the role of logistics coordination.

SPACE CARGO DELIVERY

Infographic about extending an operating satellite’s useful time through servicing, with sections on the services sold, paying customers, contract revenue, margin drivers, risks, and a concluding limitation about aging hardware.

SATELLITE LIFE EXTENSION