Insight 14: 50% Growth in the Global Satellite Market over the Next Decade Market growth will come from satellites for opera-tional Euroconsult predicts that government and commer-cial missions in Earth observation, meteorology, markets will jump in the value and number of navigation, and communications, space science & exploration missions, and technology demonstration. Earth observation is emerging as the largest applica-tion, satellites. Euroconsult estimates that 1,185 satellites will be built and launched over 2009-2018, 50% up on the previous decade. Market revenues generated from the manufacture and launch of these satel-lites with a total of 230 satellites planned over the next decade as more governments order and launch satellites through national space agencies, multilat-eral are forecast to grow by a similar rate, reaching US$ 178 billion over 2009-2018. Both government and commercial sectors will contribute to this market growth, albeit unequally. agencies and public-private partnerships for both civilian and military uses of satellite imagery. Governments drive future satellite demand, particu-larly At US$ 116 billion over the decade, the government market is almost double the commercial market, but it is largely closed to non-domestic suppliers. Most of that market is for satellites whose fi nal destina-tions for civilian applications. Civilian and military government agencies will launch a combined 770 satellites in the next decade, a 55% unit increase over the past decade. Two-thirds of these satellites will be for civilian or dual use. Civil satellites represent a higher proportion of government satellites than the previous decade. While ongoing defense and security concerns create opportunities for dedicated satellites or hosted payloads on commercial satellites, demand for proprietary military satellite systems remains con-centrated are low-Earth orbits (41%) with higher altitude orbits (GTO, MEO, HEO and deep space) making up the difference. Source: “Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2018, World Market Survey”, 8 June 2009, available at: http://www.euroconsult-ec.com/ news/press-release-33-1.html. in a limited number of countries. 79