Space Business Models | New Space Economy

Infographic describing a household satellite internet business: customers pay for network-delivered access, while revenue comes from subscriptions and equipment sales or rentals; margins depend on retention, utilization, and delivery costs.

CONSUMER SATELLITE BROADBAND

Infographic summarizing a business model for transporting customer instruments and equipment to the lunar surface, including the services sold, paying customers, contract-based revenue, margin drivers, operational risks, and support terms.

LUNAR PAYLOAD DELIVERY

Infographic describes the commercial role of earth-based infrastructure connecting spacecraft with operators and users, listing equipment types, customer groups, revenue sources, margin drivers, operational risks, and the potential for equipment sales to lead to longer service relationships.

SPACE GROUND EQUIPMENT

Infographic explaining a proposed orbital energy business, including sunlight collection in space, energy transmission to Earth, prospective utility and public customers, possible revenue sources, value drivers, risks, and the conclusion that large-scale commercial competitiveness remains unproven.

SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER

Infographic explaining how a satellite-based notification service provides alerts about detected events or changes, identifies customers and revenue sources, and lists margin drivers and risks.

SATELLITE ALERTS AS A SERVICE

Infographic summarizing the commercial role of software in space operations, including mission-planning and control tools, customer groups, revenue models, margin factors, business risks, and the need to fit customer workflows.

MISSION SOFTWARE

Infographic explains how compatible mobile devices use satellite-enabled services for messaging, voice, or data and summarizes who pays, revenue arrangements, margin drivers, risks, and factors affecting feature availability.

DIRECT-TO-DEVICE CONNECTIVITY

Infographic explaining that external funding supports studies, prototypes, testing, and development milestones through government programs, agencies, commercial sponsors, contracts, and grants, while risks include award uncertainty, technical failure, and post-funding gaps.

FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Infographic describing satellite-based network backhaul, including transport capacity, paying customers, recurring revenue, margin drivers, operational risks, and its role between remote sites and core infrastructure.

SATELLITE BACKHAUL

Infographic explaining the roles of insurers and brokers in space-related coverage, who seeks and pays for policies, how insurers and brokers earn revenue, what drives results, and risks including large claims, correlated losses, and limited market capacity.

SPACE INSURANCE AND BROKERAGE