Civil government satellite communications: trends and forecasts 2024–2034

27 June 2025 | Research

Vivek Prasad

Forecast report | PPTX and PDF (13 slides); Excel | Government and Military Space


"Satellite connectivity is becoming the backbone of rural civil government operations."

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This report analyses the civil government satellite communications (satcom) market both qualitatively and quantitatively. It provides market drivers and challenges and identifies the most important actions for regulators and stakeholders in the satcom market.

The number of civil government satellite use cases is expanding as governments increase their focus on connecting infrastructure for public safety, public services, border control and disaster management. This report details opportunities in this space, considering micro and macro market forces.

Report coverage

  • Assessment of market trends that will drive revenue growth for various use cases
  • Analysis of changing dynamics due to the use of high-throughput satellite (HTS) solutions by both geostationary (GEO) and non-GEO players
  • Recommendations for how to unlock the potential in the civil government satellite connectivity market
  • Analysis of regional market trends 10-year forecast of in-service units, capacity demand, capacity revenue and service revenue, segmented by use case, frequency band and geographical region

Questions answered in this report

  • What are the opportunities in the civil government satcom market?
  • What are the drivers and barriers in the civil government satcom market?
  • Is satellite capacity demand and revenue growing or declining for each of the different use cases within the civil government satcom market?
  • What actions should industry stakeholders take to unlock opportunities in the civil government satcom market?
  • How will GEO-HTS and non-GEO players affect the civil government satcom market?

Report segmentation

Vertical  

Civil government

Variables  
  • In-service units
  • Capacity demand
  • Capacity revenue
  • Service revenue
Use cases/ applications  
  • Fixed sites
  • Land-mobile
  • Handheld
  • Maritime
  • Aeronautical
Frequency bands  
  • Fixed satellite services (FSS) and GEO HTS C-, Ku- and Ka-band
  • Non-GEO HTS
  • Mobile satellite services (MSS)
Geographical regions  
  • Asia
  • Europe (EU)
  • Latin America (LAM)
  • Middle East and Africa (MEA)
  • North America (NAM)

Companies mentioned in this report

AT&T, AST SpaceMobile, Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES and Starlink

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Author

Vivek Prasad

Principal Analyst, space and satellite, expert in satellite capacity