Satellite Manufacturing and Launch

Overview

This programme focuses on all activities related to satellite manufacturing and launch, including satellites, rockets and new space infrastructure. We consider the size of the addressable market, we track mission and satellite constellation development, and we provide strategic analysis on the challenges, opportunities and investment in this market. Government budgets and support, investment funding, programmes, missions and addressable customer development for manufacturing and launch are areas of focus.

Topics for 2026

• Satellite orders and launch
• Infrastructure business development
• Acquisition of government and sovereign assets

Highlights from this programme

• Satellite manufacturing and launch services: trends and forecasts 2024–2034
• Satellite constellation build and launch strategies
• Strategies for small satellite launch service providers
• In-space propulsion tracker 2026
• Space infrastructure investment: trends and analysis 2025
• Space domain awareness: trends and forecasts 2024–2033

Typical client enquiries

• What does the launch landscape look like, and how will it change when Starship comes online? How can emerging players compete or offer anything enticing to customers in this space?
• Is there a viable commercial satellite manufacturing market outside of government and military interest?
• How is the push for sovereignty redefining government and military interest, and how can we capitalise on that?
• How can sub-satellite manufacturers enter this market? Is the market large enough, and what are the key strategies going forward?
• What is the real addressable market outside of Starlink, Amazon Kuiper and the Chinese constellations?