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''The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity''<ref>http://www.thespacereport.org/</ref> is published annually by the [[Space Foundation]]. ''The Space Report |
''The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity''<ref>http://www.thespacereport.org/</ref> is published annually by the [[Space Foundation]]. ''The Space Report'' is the definitive overview of the global space industry and serves as a valuable resource for government and business leaders, educators, financial analysts, students, and space-related businesses. |
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One of the most significant revelations in ''The Space Report 2010'' is that the global space economy for 2009 reached $261.6 billion in government budgets and commercial revenue; almost 40 percent growth in the five years the Space Foundation has been tracking the space economy. |
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''The Space Report 2009'' showed that the global space economy grew nearly 2.5 percent in 2008, rising by $6 billion to $257 billion in worldwide space revenues. Perhaps even more indicative of the state of space is that the largest segments of the space economy were in commercial infrastructure and commercial satellite services, which together totaled 67 percent, compared to about 32 percent for government space spending. The largest growth sectors were space products and services, which grew 10.4 percent from $82.4 billion to $91 billion. The majority of this figure is attributable to direct-to-home television services, which generated $69.8 billion in 2008. Fixed satellite services showed the strongest growth rate in the services sector, with revenue up 31 percent from $12.8 billion to $16.8 billion. |
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The companies that comprise the Space Foundation Index<ref>http://www.spacefoundation.org/spaceindex/</ref> shared in the general stock market recovery in 2009, returning by mid-March 2010 to the level the Index had been in June 2005. The Index tracks market performance of public companies that derive a significant amount of their revenue from space-related assets and activities. |
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Even with this growth, space industry stocks suffered along with the world economy in 2008. The Space Foundation Index,<ref name="spacefoundation.org">http://www.spacefoundation.org/spaceindex/</ref>, which tracks the market performance of 29 public companies that derive a significant amount of their revenue from space-related assets and activities, revealed that space stocks in U.S. markets declined 45 percent in 2008, erasing the gains from three consecutive years of growth. Still, space investment and output remained strong in 2008 and continued to provide hundreds of thousands of highly compensated jobs. The Space Foundation also offers to additiona1 indices: The Space Foundation Infrastructure Index,<ref name="spacefoundation.org"/>, which tracks performance of space-related hardware, software, and integration services for space-related applications such as manufacturing of satellites, launch vehicles, terminals and chipsets; and The Space Foundation Services Index,<ref name="spacefoundation.org"/>, which tracks performance of companies that derive significant revenues from services that depend on space assets for collection, transmission, and/or provisioning, such as those related to satellite broadcasting, communications, and remote sensing. |
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''The Space Report 2010'' also chronicles how governments around the world are rethinking longer-term, higher-cost strategic programs. Some countries are flat-lining space funding over the next few years, while others plan to increase spending with the expectation of stimulating their economies with innovation that reaches beyond the space sector. |
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All three indexes are updated daily on the Space Foundation’s Web site, at www.SpaceFoundation.org/spaceindex. |
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The continuing, escalating growth of the space economy outside of the U.S. is evident by the addition of data on government space budgets for the European Union, Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, Spain, and South Africa in ''The Space Report 2010''. |
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The Space Report 2009 also provides an overview of the past year in space. Major accomplishments include: |
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The new edition also reports that launch rates have grown 42 percent from 2005 to 2009, with payloads launched growing 46 percent. Of the 78 launches reported in 2009, less than a third took place in the United States. Russia led with 37 percent, followed by 31 percent for the U.S., 9 percent for Europe, 8 percent for China, 5 percent for the Sea Launch/Land Launch consortium that comprises U.S., Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian interests, and less than 4 percent each for Japan, India, North Korea, South Korea and Iran. |
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*The first-ever observation of a [[supernova]] at the moment of explosion |
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*The discovery by the [[Phoenix Mars Lander]] of water ice on Mars, a sign of the potential for life on the planet |
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Reflecting the diversification and globalization of space, ''The Space Report 2010'' has also greatly expanded coverage of workforce issues, with new sections on the U.S. civil space workforce, the U.S. military space workforce, and on European and Japanese space employment. |
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*The successful destruction of a satellite by missile to prevent an uncontrolled fall from orbit |
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*The first Chinese spacewalk, completed during the [[Shenzhou 7]] mission, making China only the third nation to independently complete this feat |
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It closes with an Outlook section that forecasts significant roles for commercial enterprise and international partnerships, which will require far more flexible policies and regulations to manage proposed public-private partnerships for programs such as lunar exploration, hosted payloads, and commercial spaceflight. |
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*Completion of 59 consecutive successful launches by the U.S. Air Force and its commercial contractors |
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*[[SpaceX]]’s launch of the first-ever orbital launch vehicle funded entirely with private capital, successfully carrying a payload into space |
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''The Space Report 2010'' is the result of extensive research by the Space Foundation's Washington, D.C.-based research and analysis group and a team of independent research organizations, thoroughly examining the state of the space industry. The methodology, which is refined every year, involves identifying, gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data from publicly available sources, as well as industry publications and reports. |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.spacefoundation.org Space Foundation Home Page] |
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*[http://www.nationalspacesymposium.org National Space Symposium] |
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*[http://www.thespacereport.org/ ''The Space Report |
*[http://www.thespacereport.org/ ''The Space Report 2010: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity''] |
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Revision as of 23:12, 13 September 2010
The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity[1] is published annually by the Space Foundation. The Space Report is the definitive overview of the global space industry and serves as a valuable resource for government and business leaders, educators, financial analysts, students, and space-related businesses.
One of the most significant revelations in The Space Report 2010 is that the global space economy for 2009 reached $261.6 billion in government budgets and commercial revenue; almost 40 percent growth in the five years the Space Foundation has been tracking the space economy.
The companies that comprise the Space Foundation Index[2] shared in the general stock market recovery in 2009, returning by mid-March 2010 to the level the Index had been in June 2005. The Index tracks market performance of public companies that derive a significant amount of their revenue from space-related assets and activities.
The Space Report 2010 also chronicles how governments around the world are rethinking longer-term, higher-cost strategic programs. Some countries are flat-lining space funding over the next few years, while others plan to increase spending with the expectation of stimulating their economies with innovation that reaches beyond the space sector.
The continuing, escalating growth of the space economy outside of the U.S. is evident by the addition of data on government space budgets for the European Union, Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, Spain, and South Africa in The Space Report 2010.
The new edition also reports that launch rates have grown 42 percent from 2005 to 2009, with payloads launched growing 46 percent. Of the 78 launches reported in 2009, less than a third took place in the United States. Russia led with 37 percent, followed by 31 percent for the U.S., 9 percent for Europe, 8 percent for China, 5 percent for the Sea Launch/Land Launch consortium that comprises U.S., Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian interests, and less than 4 percent each for Japan, India, North Korea, South Korea and Iran.
Reflecting the diversification and globalization of space, The Space Report 2010 has also greatly expanded coverage of workforce issues, with new sections on the U.S. civil space workforce, the U.S. military space workforce, and on European and Japanese space employment.
It closes with an Outlook section that forecasts significant roles for commercial enterprise and international partnerships, which will require far more flexible policies and regulations to manage proposed public-private partnerships for programs such as lunar exploration, hosted payloads, and commercial spaceflight.
The Space Report 2010 is the result of extensive research by the Space Foundation's Washington, D.C.-based research and analysis group and a team of independent research organizations, thoroughly examining the state of the space industry. The methodology, which is refined every year, involves identifying, gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data from publicly available sources, as well as industry publications and reports.
References
External links
- Space Foundation Home Page
- National Space Symposium
- The Space Report 2010: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity