Business Models | New Space Economy

Infographic explaining an intermediary model that combines multiple payload customers into a launch arrangement and covers services sold, paying customers, revenue sources, margin drivers, risks, and the connection between launch supply and mission needs.

LAUNCH AGGREGATION

Infographic stating that advisers help customers evaluate opportunities and execute space projects, then detailing their services, customers, revenue model, margin drivers, risks, and the role of better decisions in repeat business.

SPACE CONSULTING

Infographic explains a connectivity reseller's role, showing services sold, customer groups, retail-fee revenue, margin drivers, business risks, and added value from packaging, expertise, and support.

CONNECTIVITY RESELLING

Infographic describing how one supplier coordinates design, procurement, integration, testing, and deployment support for a satellite, ground network, or mission system, with sections on customers, revenue, margins, risks, and provider responsibility.

TURNKEY SPACE SYSTEMS

Infographic summarizing a commercial model for producing goods in orbit, including products, customers, revenue sources, margin drivers, risks and total delivered cost.

IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING

Infographic describing a commercial payload-return service, including return transportation, controlled reentry, recovery, customer groups, revenue sources, margin drivers, operational risks, and payload protection through landing and delivery.

RETURN-TO-EARTH SERVICES

Infographic explaining a spacecraft inspection service through close-range imagery, condition reports, anomaly assessments, customers, revenue sources, margin drivers, operational risks, and a concluding note about informing future decisions.

IN-ORBBIT INSPECTION

Text-heavy infographic about a shared-launch business model. It states that multiple customers share one launch’s capacity. The listed product is an allocation of payload mass, volume, and deployment capacity. Paying customers include small satellite operators, agencies, researchers, and launch aggregators. Revenue includes capacity charges and integration or mission-specific fees. High utilization, standard interfaces, and efficient integration are identified as margin drivers. Risks include schedule changes, orbit compromises, payload delays, and integration complexity. The concluding point is that sharing a launch can reduce the need to purchase an entire mission.

RIDESHARE SPACE LAUNCH

Infographic summarizing a provider-operated space business model, with sections on products, buyers, revenue, margin drivers, risks, and the division of responsibilities between customers and providers.

SATELLITE AS A SERVICE

Infographic listing specialized hardware supplied for larger space systems and summarizing buyers, revenue sources, margin drivers, risks, and the role of reliability and compatibility in repeat business.

SPACE COMPONENTS AND SUBSYSTEMS