Summary

Satellite Manufacturing and Launch
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?

Tag: Practice areas > Research > Space > Satellite Manufacturing and Launch