Satellite-based Earth observation: trends and forecasts 2024–2034

This is the 17th edition of this report and continues our industry-leading analysis of the Earth observation (EO) market worldwide. It assesses the downstream value chain, including image and data acquisition, enhanced processing, geo-intelligence, product information and advanced big data analytics and insights.

This report provides a thorough examination of the rapidly expanding EO market across all image resolutions, vertical sectors, regions, operators and data types that are commercially available.

Report coverage

• Assessment of the trends that drive revenue growth for each market segment, operator type, vertical and region
• Analysis of the market potential for EO data and downstream analytics
• 10-year forecast of the revenue opportunity across different verticals, segments, regions, operator types and resolutions
• Analysis of how the convergence of technologies such as AI and cloud services will affect EO solutions and their impact on the market.

Report segmentation

Questions answered

• What will the size of the EO market be in the next 10 years?
• How will each vertical evolve?
• What is next for the EO industry; what are the challenges and how can they be solved?
• How will new constellations affect the imagery market?
• Which new data types are entering the market? When will they arrive and what will their impact be?

Who should read this report

• Satellite operators
• Data distributors, resellers and value-added service providers
• End-user organisations, such as oil and gas, engineering, agriculture, insurance, construction, location-based services and government departments
• Space agencies
• Geographic information system (GIS) providers
• Banks, financial institutions and investors
• Policymakers and regulatory bodies

Companies mentioned

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Airbus, Albedo Space, Aramco, Axelspace, AWS, BlackSky, Cape Analytics, Capella Space, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, Creotech Instruments, DeepSat, Descartes Labs, Earthdaily Analytics, Earth-I, Ecometrica, e-Geos, EOI Space, EOS Data Analytics, Es'hailsat, ESRI, Geospatial Insurance Consortium, Google, Hawkeye360, Hisdesat, IBM, ICEYE, L3 Harris, Maxar Technologies, Microsoft, MDA Geointelligence, MEASAT, Moody's, NASA, Nvidia, Oracle, Orbital Insight, Orbital Micro Systems, Pixxel, Planet, Rezatec, Rheinmettall, Satellite Vu, Satellogic, SatSure, SES, SkyPerfect JSAT, Skywatch, Space42, Space Forest, Spire, Thaicom, Thales Alenia Space, Tomorrow.io, Umbra, Ursa Space