SPACE ECONOMY 101 | New Space Economy

Infographic summarizing the satellite manufacturing value chain, its main participants, six production stages, demand drivers, customer groups, and regional activity in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and Oceania.

THE SATELLITE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Infographic explaining how artificial intelligence processes satellite data onboard, supports autonomous decisions and applications, and presents related benefits, challenges, and risks.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON SATELLITES

Infographic describing satellite collection and analysis of radio-frequency signals, with sections on a four-step workflow, applications, advantages over ground-only monitoring, limitations, and space-economy impacts.

RADIO-FREQUENCY MONITORING FROM SPACE

Infographic explaining how space companies are valued, including intrinsic value versus market price, financial and operational drivers, private and public company methods, company-stage differences, and the effects of risk, sentiment, liquidity, and market cycles.

UNDERSTANDING SPACE INDUSTRY VALUATIONS

Infographic summarizing how satellite connectivity moves from satellite design and launch through space and ground infrastructure to terminals, customers, and applications, with sections on costs, revenue, pricing, markets, and network strengths.

THE ECONOMICS OF SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY

Infographic explaining how satellites generate and manage energy, adjust their orbit and position, exchange data with Earth, and support communications, weather monitoring, navigation, Earth observation, science, and exploration.

SATELLITE POWER, PROPULSION, AND COMMUNICATIONS

Infographic explains consumer participation in space-enabled services and products, including navigation, connectivity, weather information, mapping, television, emergency alerts, satellite hardware, and space tourism, and describes how consumer demand affects pricing, service quality, competition, investment, and market growth.

THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN THE SPACE ECONOMY

Infographic explaining how launch vehicles are classified by flight path, mission, payload capacity, design features, and typical launch sequence.

THE MAIN TYPES OF LAUNCH VEHICLES

Infographic explaining how private companies transport satellites and other payloads to space, including launch models, customer groups, services, provider types, market stages, benefits, and challenges.

COMMERCIAL LAUNCH PROVIDERS

Infographic describing satellite-enabled connections for standard mobile phones, including the route through a satellite, ground gateway, mobile network core, and public network; early use cases; engineering challenges; and the supporting mobile ecosystem.

DIRECT-TO-DEVICE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY