Commercial Space

The commercial space market, also known as the private space industry or NewSpace, is experiencing strong growth. This burgeoning sector encompasses activities such as satellite manufacturing, space tourism, rocket launches, satellite services and space exploration initiatives driven by private companies. Players like SpaceX and Blue Origin on the launch side, or Planet and Maxar with their in-orbit satellite constellations are revolutionizing the industry, making space more accessible and cost-effective. The demand for satellite internet, Earth observation, and space-based services has fueled investments and technological advancements. With the rise of reusable rockets, commercial crew missions, and ambitious plans for space mining and Mars colonization, the commercial space market is poised for exponential growth, promising exciting developments and opportunities into the future. 

News & Analysis

Oct 08, 2025
Russian uncrewed aircraft maker Geoscan has revealed plans to launch satellite constellations for Earth mapping and communication services.
Oct 08, 2025
Liftoff of New Shepard with six international crewmembers took place under a partly cloudy sky at Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 9:40 a.m. EDT.
Oct 07, 2025
Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a U.S. Space Force contract announced Oct. 7.
Oct 07, 2025
The chairman of the FCC wants to streamline the licensing process for satellite and Earth station applications to help businesses.
Oct 07, 2025
Progress in reducing small-satellite costs will come from the discipline to know which expenses buy reliability and which just keep us stuck in the past.
Oct 08, 2025
Russian uncrewed aircraft maker Geoscan has revealed plans to launch satellite constellations for Earth mapping and communication services.
Oct 08, 2025
Liftoff of New Shepard with six international crewmembers took place under a partly cloudy sky at Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 9:40 a.m. EDT.
Oct 07, 2025
Blue Origin will build a new payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, under a U.S. Space Force contract announced Oct. 7.
Oct 07, 2025
The chairman of the FCC wants to streamline the licensing process for satellite and Earth station applications to help businesses.
Oct 03, 2025
The U.S. Space Force has assigned five future missions to SpaceX and two missions to United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Oct 03, 2025
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin, foresees gigawatt data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades.
Oct 02, 2025
Lockheed Martin is developing business plans and strategies to offer commercial flight services of the Orion deep-space capsule.
Oct 02, 2025
Lockheed Martin and Spark Capital-backed Inversion reaffirmed its plan for a first flight of its Arc space-based, on-demand cargo delivery vehicle next year.