The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation 2017

Recommendations

Info

Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation: 2017 An Atlas V 421 vehicle carrying Mexico’s Morelos 3 satellite is prepared for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). Source: ULA. 8
Launch Vehicles THE SPACE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY At $5.4B in revenues in 2015, the global space transportation industry is a relatively small part of the overall $335B global space industry. However, without space transportation, space-based services would be impossible. Space transportation is an enabling capability, one that makes it possible to send national security and commercial satellites into orbit, probes into the solar system, and humans on exploration missions. THE SPACE INDUSTRY For context, the global space industry is estimated to have been $335B in 2015. About $208B (62%) was revenue generated by companies providing services like television; mobile, fixed, and broadband communications; remote sensing; satellite systems and ground equipment manufacturing and sales; and, of course, launch services. The remaining $127B (38%) constitutes government space budgets and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) chipsets and services. The U.S. space industry was approximately $126B in 2015. This figure includes $89B in revenues generated by satellite services, satellite manufacturing, satellite ground equipment, and launch services, as well as $37B spent on space programs by the U.S. government. U.S. launch service providers accounted for about $1.8B in total revenues or 34% of global launch services. FAA AST-licensed launches accounted for $839M of the $1.8B. LAUNCH VEHICLES The story of space transportation reaches back at least one thousand years ago when the Chinese invented the rocket. At this time, the rocket was essentially a small firework, powered by gunpowder. In 1903, Russian mathematician, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, published details on his plans for a multi-stage, liquidfueled rocket. Tsiolkovsky recognized that a combination of stages and liquid fuels was necessary to send a payload into orbit but never built such a machine. These plans were realized through the work of an American, Robert Goddard, who independently invented a liquid-fueled rocket and launched it in 1926. His work was largely conducted in secret, and his impact on the nascent industry was negligible. Hermann Oberth, of German descent but born in Austria-Hungary, also invented a rocket, unaware of the works of Tsiolkovsky and Goddard. He published his invention in 1923. This work is generally credited with introducing the rocket to the public. Soon after, he and fellow rocket enthusiasts established Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR), a rocket club. Similar clubs sprouted elsewhere around the world during the 1920s and 1930s, but it was the cash-strapped 1 $5.4B is an estimate that includes all orbital launch contracts in which financial transaction occurred between two or more organizations and revenue estimates for all launches licensed by FAA AST. For example, payload operators typically acquire launches through another organization. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is an obvious exception, because payloads are built, operated, and launched by ISRO itself. Of the $5.4B, approximately $1.9B was revenue generated by internationally competed launches, in which a customer “shopped around” for a launch. Sources: 2015 State of the Satellite Industry (Satellite Industry Association), The Tauri Group, and publicly available data. 9
Page 1 and 2: Federal Aviation Administration The
Page 3 and 4: Contents About the FAA Office of Co
Page 5 and 6: Contents DETAILED CONTENTS EXECUTIV
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Page 9 and 10: Executive Summary Rocket Lab and La
Page 11 and 12: Introduction INTRODUCTION THE FEDER
Page 13: Introduction Figure 1. The general
Page 17 and 18: Launch Vehicles •• STAR motors:
Page 19 and 20: Launch Vehicles vehicle a 30 percen
Page 21 and 22: Launch Vehicles Figure 2. A typical
Page 23 and 24: Launch Vehicles Vehicle Operator Ye
Page 25 and 26: Launch Vehicles and Bristol Aerospa
Page 27 and 28: Launch and Reentry Sites LAUNCH AND
Page 29 and 30: Launch and Reentry Sites U.S. FEDER
Page 31 and 32: Launch and Reentry Sites Camp Cooke
Page 33 and 34: Launch and Reentry Sites outfitting
Page 35 and 36: Launch and Reentry Sites vehicles,
Page 37 and 38: Launch and Reentry Sites NON-U.S. S
Page 39 and 40: Launch and Reentry Sites Plesetsk D
Page 41 and 42: Payloads PAYLOADS IN 2016 In the ca
Page 43 and 44: Payloads companies. Meanwhile, comp
Page 45 and 46: 2016 Launch Events and Trends 2016
Page 47 and 48: 2016 Launch Events and Trends AST 2
Page 49 and 50: 2016 Launch Events and Trends Table
Page 51 and 52: 10-Year Commercial Space Transporta
Page 65 and 66:
10-Year Commercial Space Transporta
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
Page 89 and 90:
U.S. Commercial Space Transportatio
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Appendix 1: Definitions and Acronym
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Appendix 2: 2016 Orbital Launch Man
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet A
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet B
Page 127 and 128:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet B
Page 129 and 130:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet C
Page 131 and 132:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet D
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet E
Page 139 and 140:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet E
Page 141 and 142:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet F
Page 143 and 144:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet F
Page 145 and 146:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet G
Page 147 and 148:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet G
Page 149 and 150:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet H
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet I
Page 157 and 158:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet K
Page 159 and 160:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet K
Page 161 and 162:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet L
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
Page 175 and 176:
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179 and 180:
Page 181 and 182:
Page 183 and 184:
Page 185 and 186:
Page 187 and 188:
Page 189 and 190:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet M
Page 191 and 192:
Page 193 and 194:
Page 195 and 196:
Page 197 and 198:
Page 199 and 200:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet N
Page 201 and 202:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet P
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
Page 207 and 208:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet R
Page 209 and 210:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet S
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet U
Page 229 and 230:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet V
Page 231 and 232:
Page 233 and 234:
Page 235 and 236:
Page 237 and 238:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet X
Page 239:
FAA AST Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet Z
show all

The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation 2017

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?