Future of Space: Emerging Technologies, Evolving Disruptions, Future Outlook and Growth Opportunities to 2064
The total space economy is forecasted to grow to USD 1.7 Trillion by 2034 & anticipated to grow to USD 6.1 Trillion by 2064.
Research Coverage:
The 'Future of Space' report delivers an in-depth research coverage that comprehensively examines the evolving landscape of the space industry. Key facets of this coverage include:
This report is an indispensable resource for stakeholders aiming to successfully navigate the complexities and rapid transformations of the space industry. As the space sector undergoes significant changes, driven by technological advancements, increased private sector involvement, and shifting regulatory landscapes, staying informed and strategically prepared is crucial. By purchasing this report, you unlock a wealth of detailed insights and analyses that are vital for making informed decisions and capitalizing on emerging opportunities.
Research Coverage:
The 'Future of Space' report delivers an in-depth research coverage that comprehensively examines the evolving landscape of the space industry. Key facets of this coverage include:
- Comprehensive Sector Analysis: The report spans 10 major segments, including upstream (launch services, satellite manufacturing), midstream (in-space operations, data relay), and downstream (Earth observation, satellite communication) sectors, providing a complete overview of the industry.
- In-Depth Megatrend Evaluation: It investigates 57 critical megatrends, detailing their current status, future trajectories, and the technological breakthroughs that will drive these trends forward, offering a predictive analysis of the industry’s direction.
- Technological Focus: The study explores cutting-edge technologies such as AI-driven satellite operations, quantum communication, space-based solar power, and advanced propulsion systems, assessing their impact on future capabilities and market opportunities.
- Market Participant Insights: With over 650 market participants analyzed, the report provides detailed profiles and strategic insights into the roles of key players across the space and non-space sectors, highlighting their contributions to industry developments.
- Space Colonization and Beyond: The coverage uniquely focuses on the future of space colonization, examining the technological, economic, and logistical challenges, as well as the potential for human settlements on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
- Militarization of Space: The report delves into the increasing militarization of space, analyzing the geopolitical implications, defense strategies, and the development of space-based military capabilities by global superpowers.
- In-Space Economy Dynamics: It explores the burgeoning in-space economy, including space tourism, asteroid mining, in-space manufacturing, and the commercialization of low Earth orbit (LEO) platforms, projecting their growth and market potential.
- Scenario-Based Forecasting: The study employs scenario-based forecasting to present potential future states of the space industry, considering various technological, regulatory, and market factors that could shape different outcomes.
- Cross-Industry Collaboration: By identifying opportunities for non-space participants, the report emphasizes the importance of cross-industry collaboration, showcasing how sectors like telecommunications, energy, and defense can integrate with the space market.
- Strategic Growth Opportunities: It identifies strategic growth opportunities for market participants, suggesting areas for investment, technology development, and market expansion that are likely to yield significant returns.
- Sustainability in Space: The report addresses the growing importance of sustainability in space activities, exploring initiatives for debris management, green propulsion, and sustainable space exploration practices.
- Future-Ready Insights: Ultimately, the report is designed to equip stakeholders with future-ready insights, enabling them to navigate the rapidly evolving space industry, anticipate challenges, and seize emerging opportunities with confidence.
This report is an indispensable resource for stakeholders aiming to successfully navigate the complexities and rapid transformations of the space industry. As the space sector undergoes significant changes, driven by technological advancements, increased private sector involvement, and shifting regulatory landscapes, staying informed and strategically prepared is crucial. By purchasing this report, you unlock a wealth of detailed insights and analyses that are vital for making informed decisions and capitalizing on emerging opportunities.
- Strategic Guidance: Actionable intelligence on growth opportunities, technological advancements, and market dynamics to inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
- Future-Focused: Scenario-based forecasts and predictions that help stakeholders anticipate industry developments and make informed decisions.
- Cross-Sector Relevance: Identification of opportunities for non-space participants, encouraging cross-industry collaboration and market expansion.
- Expansion of small satellite constellations for global communication networks.
- Increasing adoption of satellite-based services in emerging markets.
- Growing participation of non-traditional players in space industry segments.
- Advancements in reusable launch vehicle technology to reduce costs.
- Development of quantum communication satellites and AI-driven space systems.
- Innovations in propulsion systems for deep space exploration.
- Expansion of spaceport infrastructure to support a growing number of launches.
- Development of new business models for space-based services and products.
- Collaboration between governments and private sector to foster space innovation.
- Entry of non-space industries into space-related markets, such as energy, telecommunications, and logistics.
- Diversification of space companies into non-space sectors, leveraging space technologies for terrestrial applications.
- Detailed analysis of key market participants, including their strategies, technological capabilities, and market positions.
- Evaluation of competitive dynamics in emerging segments like in-space manufacturing, space tourism, and defense applications.
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – TOP DEVELOPMENTS AND PREDICTIONS
2 UPSTREAM
2.1 LAUNCH SERVICES
2.1.1 INCREASED REUSABILITY
2.1.1.1 Serial production of reusable launch vehicles
2.1.1.2 Rapid reusable systems
2.1.2 NEW LAUNCH VEHICLES
2.1.2.1 Serial production of expendable launch vehicles
2.1.2.2 Next-gen propulsion systems and launch modes
2.1.2.3 Space tug services
2.1.2.4 Launch services from Moon
2.1.3 COMMERCIAL SPACE PORTS
2.1.3.1 Spaceport-based business models
2.1.3.2 New spaceports for alternate launch capabilities
2.1.3.3 Spaceport-based point-to-point air travel services
2.1.3.4 Global launch networks
2.2 SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURING
2.2.1 TERRESTRIAL AND IN-SPACE SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURING
2.2.1.1 Automated serial production of satellites
2.2.1.2 In-space satellite manufacturing
2.2.1.3 Commercial space station manufacturing
2.3 DEEP SPACE
2.3.1 DEEP SPACE COLONIZATION
2.3.1.1 Lunar outposts
2.3.1.2 Orbital infrastructure at Lagrange points
2.3.1.3 Deep space outposts
2.3.1.4 Deep space human settlement
2.3.2 DEEP SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
2.3.2.1 Storage facilities and human-rated habitats for deep space missions
2.3.2.2 Mining infrastructure for deep space missions
2.3.2.3 Asteroid mining operations
2.3.2.4 Regolith processing and in-situ manufacturing
3 MIDSTREAM
3.1 GROUND SEGMENT SOLUTIONS
3.1.1 COMMERCIAL GROUND-STATION-AS-A-SERVICE GLOBAL NETWORK
3.1.2 NEXT-GEN GROUND STATION SOLUTIONS
4 DOWNSTREAM
4.1 COMMUNICATION
4.1.1 6G COMMUNICATIONS
4.1.2 COMMERCIAL QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
4.1.3 AI-DRIVEN SPACE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
4.2 EARTH OBSERVATION
4.2.1 HYPERSPECTRAL CONSTELLATIONS
4.2.2 SPACE-DATA-AS-A–SERVICE
4.2.3 EDGE PROCESSING AND COGNITIVE EO INTELLIGENCE
4.3 POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING (PNT)
4.3.1 LEO PNT SATELLITES
4.3.2 MULTI-BAND PNT SOLUTIONS
4.3.3 PNT SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
4.3.4 DEEP SPACE PNT SOLUTIONS
5 SPACE MILITARIZATION
5.1 SPACE TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
5.1.1 SPACE-BASED SENSOR NETWORKS
5.1.2 SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS FOR GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE
5.1.3 SPACE-BASED ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS
5.1.4 NEXT-GEN SPACE COMMAND AND CONTROL
5.2 SPACE DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
5.2.1 SPACE WEAPONS
5.2.2 MILITARY SPACE STATIONS
5.2.3 ORBITAL SPACE ASSET DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
6 IN-SPACE ECONOMY
6.1 SATELLITE SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE
6.1.1 SATELLITE SERVICING TECHNOLOGIES
6.1.2 ON-ORBIT ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES
6.1.3 AUTONOMOUS ON-ORBIT ROBOTIC SATELLITE SWARMS
6.1.4 SPACECRAFT SERVICING FOR INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS
6.2 DEEP SPACE INTERNET AND COMMUNICATION
6.2.1 DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATION RELAY NETWORKS
6.2.2 MISSION-SPECIFIC END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS
6.2.3 DEEP SPACE INTERNET SERVICE
6.3 SPACE TOURISM: SUB-ORBITAL AND ORBITAL
6.3.1 SUB-ORBITAL SPACE TOURISM SERVICES
6.3.2 ORBITAL SPACE TOURISM SERVICES
6.3.3 COMMERCIAL SPACE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
6.3.4 SPACE HOTEL SERVICES
6.4 SPACE-BASED ENERGY HARVESTING
6.4.1 SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER SOLUTIONS
6.4.2 COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE-BASED POWER TECHNOLOGIES
6.4.3 SPACE-BASED POWER SOLUTIONS FOR DEEP SPACE MISSIONS
7 TECHNOLOGIES EVOLVING FUTURE OF SPACE
8 FAST MOVERS IN SPACE: 2024
9 CONCLUSION _
2 UPSTREAM
2.1 LAUNCH SERVICES
2.1.1 INCREASED REUSABILITY
2.1.1.1 Serial production of reusable launch vehicles
2.1.1.2 Rapid reusable systems
2.1.2 NEW LAUNCH VEHICLES
2.1.2.1 Serial production of expendable launch vehicles
2.1.2.2 Next-gen propulsion systems and launch modes
2.1.2.3 Space tug services
2.1.2.4 Launch services from Moon
2.1.3 COMMERCIAL SPACE PORTS
2.1.3.1 Spaceport-based business models
2.1.3.2 New spaceports for alternate launch capabilities
2.1.3.3 Spaceport-based point-to-point air travel services
2.1.3.4 Global launch networks
2.2 SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURING
2.2.1 TERRESTRIAL AND IN-SPACE SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURING
2.2.1.1 Automated serial production of satellites
2.2.1.2 In-space satellite manufacturing
2.2.1.3 Commercial space station manufacturing
2.3 DEEP SPACE
2.3.1 DEEP SPACE COLONIZATION
2.3.1.1 Lunar outposts
2.3.1.2 Orbital infrastructure at Lagrange points
2.3.1.3 Deep space outposts
2.3.1.4 Deep space human settlement
2.3.2 DEEP SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
2.3.2.1 Storage facilities and human-rated habitats for deep space missions
2.3.2.2 Mining infrastructure for deep space missions
2.3.2.3 Asteroid mining operations
2.3.2.4 Regolith processing and in-situ manufacturing
3 MIDSTREAM
3.1 GROUND SEGMENT SOLUTIONS
3.1.1 COMMERCIAL GROUND-STATION-AS-A-SERVICE GLOBAL NETWORK
3.1.2 NEXT-GEN GROUND STATION SOLUTIONS
4 DOWNSTREAM
4.1 COMMUNICATION
4.1.1 6G COMMUNICATIONS
4.1.2 COMMERCIAL QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
4.1.3 AI-DRIVEN SPACE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
4.2 EARTH OBSERVATION
4.2.1 HYPERSPECTRAL CONSTELLATIONS
4.2.2 SPACE-DATA-AS-A–SERVICE
4.2.3 EDGE PROCESSING AND COGNITIVE EO INTELLIGENCE
4.3 POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING (PNT)
4.3.1 LEO PNT SATELLITES
4.3.2 MULTI-BAND PNT SOLUTIONS
4.3.3 PNT SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
4.3.4 DEEP SPACE PNT SOLUTIONS
5 SPACE MILITARIZATION
5.1 SPACE TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
5.1.1 SPACE-BASED SENSOR NETWORKS
5.1.2 SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS FOR GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE
5.1.3 SPACE-BASED ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS
5.1.4 NEXT-GEN SPACE COMMAND AND CONTROL
5.2 SPACE DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
5.2.1 SPACE WEAPONS
5.2.2 MILITARY SPACE STATIONS
5.2.3 ORBITAL SPACE ASSET DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE
6 IN-SPACE ECONOMY
6.1 SATELLITE SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE
6.1.1 SATELLITE SERVICING TECHNOLOGIES
6.1.2 ON-ORBIT ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES
6.1.3 AUTONOMOUS ON-ORBIT ROBOTIC SATELLITE SWARMS
6.1.4 SPACECRAFT SERVICING FOR INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS
6.2 DEEP SPACE INTERNET AND COMMUNICATION
6.2.1 DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATION RELAY NETWORKS
6.2.2 MISSION-SPECIFIC END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS
6.2.3 DEEP SPACE INTERNET SERVICE
6.3 SPACE TOURISM: SUB-ORBITAL AND ORBITAL
6.3.1 SUB-ORBITAL SPACE TOURISM SERVICES
6.3.2 ORBITAL SPACE TOURISM SERVICES
6.3.3 COMMERCIAL SPACE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
6.3.4 SPACE HOTEL SERVICES
6.4 SPACE-BASED ENERGY HARVESTING
6.4.1 SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER SOLUTIONS
6.4.2 COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE-BASED POWER TECHNOLOGIES
6.4.3 SPACE-BASED POWER SOLUTIONS FOR DEEP SPACE MISSIONS
7 TECHNOLOGIES EVOLVING FUTURE OF SPACE
8 FAST MOVERS IN SPACE: 2024
9 CONCLUSION _
