SpaceWorks Sees 2,600 Micosatellites Put Up Over Next 5 Years
SpaceWorks predicts 263 nano/microsatellites will be launched into orbit this year, down slightly from the record 300-plus that went up in 2017, it said in a report Tuesday. The 2017 numbers were a 205 percent increase over 2016, it said,…
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saying the total number of such smallsats launched over the next five years will be close to 2,600. It said commercial operators likely will account for more than 70 percent of those nano/microsatellites. It said satcom applications, which were 4 percent of nano/microsatellites launched between 2013 and 2017, are expected to be 22 percent of those launched between now and 2022. SpaceWorks defined nano/microsatellites as in the 1 to 100 kilogram range.