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Space situational awareness involves tracking objects in space, encompassing their identification, orbit determination, understanding the operational environment, and predicting future positions and potential threats. The purpose is to anticipate collisions among objects and alert space operators to potentially hazardous close approaches, enabling collision avoidance maneuvers.
Key components of space situational awareness solutions include services, payload systems, and software. Services involve characterizing space objects, determining their orbital trajectory, size, shape, mass, composition, rotational dynamics, and other parameters. Capabilities include detect, track, and identify (D/T/ID), threat warning, assessment, and characterization. Objects under consideration range from mission-related debris, rocket bodies, and fragmentation debris to functional and non-functional spacecraft. The main orbital ranges are near-earth and deep space. End users of these solutions include commercial entities, government agencies, and military organizations.
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The space situational awareness market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $1.5 billion in 2024 to $1.6 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growing space activity, space debris mitigation, satellite services, national security, international cooperation.
The space situational awareness market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.07 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to space traffic management, commercial space operations, lunar and deep space exploration, space resource utilization, space domain awareness. Major trends in the forecast period include space traffic management, space debris monitoring, rapid data sharing, commercial ssa services, space weather prediction.
The growing demand for space-based sensing activities is driving the expansion of the space situational awareness market. Space-based sensing activities involve remote sensing technology that profiles the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere with high vertical resolution and global coverage, utilizing GNSS (such as GPS) data obtained from low-Earth orbit satellites. Most governments leverage space situational awareness to plan their space operations, as it enables the prediction of the orbital paths of cataloged objects and debris. For example, a report released in March 2023 by the UK government noted that in 2022, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) services contributed £320 billion to GDP, representing 15.3%. Additionally, Earth Observation satellite services supported £106 billion of GDP, accounting for 5.1%. Thus, the increasing demand for space-based sensing activities is fueling the growth of the space situational awareness market.
The rising investments in the space industry are anticipated to drive the growth of the space situational awareness market in the future. Investment refers to the allocation of money, resources, or capital with the expectation of generating profit or financial returns down the line. Increased funding in the space sector enhances the utilization of space situational awareness to protect and optimize space assets, reduce collision risks, and ensure long-term sustainability in an increasingly crowded orbital environment. For instance, in July 2024, the Space Foundation, a US-based nonprofit organization, reported that the global space economy reached $570 billion in 2023, reflecting a 7.4% increase over the revised total of $531 billion in 2022. Consequently, the growing investments in the space industry are fueling the expansion of the space situational awareness market.
A prominent trend in the space situational awareness market is technological advancement. Major companies in this sector are actively engaged in technological advancements to maintain their market positions. For instance, in April 2022, Fujitsu introduced new technology for mapping and analyzing space debris, consisting of a Space Situational Awareness System (SSA) system, radar, and an optical telescope. The technology, integrated with JAXA's radar, can observe around 10,000 objects daily, including tiny ones, facilitating automated collision likelihood determination and route adjustments to prevent potential collisions with space debris.
Major companies in the space situational awareness market are concentrating on the development of space situational awareness (SSA) and space surveillance and tracking (SST) systems to enhance the monitoring of space objects, improve collision avoidance strategies, ensure satellite operation safety, and support regulatory compliance in an increasingly congested orbital environment. These innovative systems utilize advanced technology to provide comprehensive monitoring of objects in space, ensuring the safety and security of both space assets and operations. With an API-driven design, these systems allow for seamless integration with various internal radars, telescopes, classified systems, and onboard GPS. For example, in February 2024, Integrasys SA, a US-based company, launched Orbisat, which is designed to connect with existing proprietary or public subsystems, enabling automated tracking, collision avoidance, telemetry, and control functionalities. This integration is vital for maintaining operational efficiency in crowded space environments. The solution relies on a robust database sourced from public data platforms like Celestrack and Spacetrack, which is continuously updated to ensure real-time accuracy in monitoring space objects.
In August 2023, MDA Ltd. acquired SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. (SSS), contributing to MDA Ltd.'s market expansion in the UK and enhancing in-country capabilities for space satellite payload production. SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. (SSS) is a UK-based company specializing in digital payload defense and space manufacturing, with expertise in space situational awareness capabilities.
Major companies operating in the space situational awareness market include Lockheed Martin Corporation, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., Polaris Alpha Advanced Systems Inc., Applied Defense Solutions, Schafer Industries, L3harris Technologies, General Dynamics Corporation, Vision Engineering Solutions, Norstar Space Data, SpaceNav LLC, Elecnor Deimos Group, ExoAnalytic Solutions Inc., Honeywell International Inc., DRS Technologies., BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation, Thales Group, ATOS SE, Elbit Systems Ltd., Leonardo S.p.A., Rheinmetall AG, Airbus SE, Boeing Co., Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, GE Aviation, Safran S.A., Israel Aerospace Industries, Spirit AeroSystems Inc., Triumph Group Inc., United Technologies Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Amazon Web Services Inc., Google LLC, Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc.
North America was the largest region in the space situational awareness market in 2024. North America is expected to be the fastest growing region in the space situational awareness market share during the forecast period. The regions covered in the space situational awareness market analysis report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa.
The countries covered in the space situational awareness market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA.
The space situational awareness market includes revenues earned by entities from space weather forecasts and warnings, radiofrequency interference notifications, disposal/end-of-life-support, tracking space debris, re-entry predictions, orbit determination, launch and early orbit phase, on-orbit conjunction assessment, mission support & navigation, de-orbit support, breakups and separations, space object identification and launch detection. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The space situational awareness market also includes sales of radar sensors, telescopes, satellites, orbit determination tool kits, comspoc, space data center, space event generators, and joint space operations centers. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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