The report analyzes investment trends in start-up space companies that have received private financing. It tracks seed, venture capital, and private equity investment from 2000-2022.
Read More Report: Start-up Space: Update on Investment in Commercial Space Ventures (Bryce 2023)A comprehensive timeline starting with the first mention of satellite and following the progression of events through the birth of Cubesats, the proliferation of LEO constellations, to the future inevitable decline of LEO constellations and small satellites.
Read More A Timeline of the Smallsat Market – Past, Present, and FutureThis report indicates that companies planning large LEO satellite internet constellations still need to reduce arange of costs significantly to ensure long-term viability. Lowering launch costs is one part of the equation, but it will be equally or more critical to reduce the cost of manufacturing spacecraft, ground equipment, and user equipment. If suppliers and constellation providers can achieve these cuts, they could unlock enough demand for large LEO constellations to transform both the B2C and B2B communications markets.
Read More Report: Large LEO Satellite Constellations: Will it be Different This Time? (McKinsey 2020)In this report, the Congressional Budget Office provides an introduction to the advantages of and challenges for constellations of low-altitude satellites. In particular, the report describes the effects that orbital altitude has on the design of satellites and constellations of those satellites, focusing on DoD’s Earth-observation and communications missions.
Read More Report: Large Constellations of Low-Altitude Satellites: A Primer (CBO 2023)In this report, the Congressional Budget Office provides an introduction to the advantages of and challenges for constellations of low-altitude satellites.
Read More Report: Large Constellations of Low Altitude Satellites: A Primer (CBO 2023)