Emerging Satellite Programs - Threat or Opportunity?

摘要

New government space programs are cropping up throughout the world. Over the next 10 years they will grow to represent 30 percent of all new Earth observation satellites compared to 10 percent in the previous decade. In the last five years countries as diverse as Algeria, Thailand, Iran and Nigeria have launched satellite programs or have begun the process for a satellite program. Emerging government space programs launched only 10 Earth observation satellites in the past lOyears. In the next lOyears, that number will jump to an estimated 52 satellites, rivaling established actors who will launch about 54 Earth observation satellites in the same period. By 2017, a minimum of 29 countries will have launched an Earth observation satellite.