Intended to stop US technology falling into enemy hands, restrictions on military-grade chips can be a headache for non-US space organisations. SATELLITE manufacturers are at the beginning of a decade-long boom, according to Paris-based Euroconsult's 12th World Market Survey. It expects the period to 2018 to see 50 per cent more craft hurled into Earth orbit than in the preceding 10 years, some 1,185 objects in total. More hardware will go into the larger geostationary satellites as communications companies try to pack in more channels and bandwidth.
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