SPACE ECONOMY 101 | New Space Economy

Infographic explains how satellite observations and connected measurement networks track climate variables, process information, and support science, policy, resilience, and environmental decisions.

CLIMATE MONITORING FROM SPACE

Infographic summarizing why space missions may miss planned launch windows, how teams respond to issues, the effects on customers and launch operations, and practices for improving schedule reliability.

LAUNCH DELAYS AND SCHEDULE RISK

Educational infographic explaining how hosted payloads use host spacecraft services and how shared missions carry multiple organizations’ payloads, with sections on mission models, advantages, trade-offs, and potential users.

HOSTED PAYLOADS AND SHARED MISSIONS

Infographic summarizing nine space-industry revenue models, including launches, hardware, communications, data, software, mission services, engineering, government contracts, and subscriptions, with one-time or recurring income and government, business, or consumer buyers.

HOW SPACE COMPANIES GENERATE REVENUE

Infographic explains 10 space-industry revenue sources, including products, launches, subscriptions, data, connectivity, imagery, mission services, payload hosting, engineering, and government contracts; it compares business models and traces value from assets to cash flow.

COMMERCIAL SPACE REVENUE MODELS

Educational infographic describing satellite-network connections from users and devices through terminals, satellites, network gateways, and destinations, with comparisons of terminal types, antenna types, components, signal flow, and performance factors.

USER TERMINALS AND SATELLITE ANTENNAS

Infographic describing satellite-based monitoring of infrastructure assets, including roads, railways, pipelines, ports, power networks, and urban systems, with sections on observation methods, workflows, use cases, strengths, and limitations.

INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING FROM SPACE

Infographic explaining the near-Earth orbital region from about 160 km to 2,000 km above Earth, including an orbital period of roughly 90 to 120 minutes, speed of about 7.8 km/s, communications and observation uses, operational benefits, hazards, and sustainability recommendations.

LOW EARTH ORBIT

Infographic explaining the differences among three launch-vehicle classes, including payload ranges to low Earth orbit, operational strengths and trade-offs, comparison factors, and example satellite, exploration, and infrastructure missions.

SMALL, MEDIUM, AND HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLES

Infographic explaining the three-stage path of a satellite signal, comparing GEO, MEO, and LEO orbits, and describing satellite communication services, benefits, and operating trade-offs.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS EXPLAINED