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• The commercial space industry is quickly growing and changing.
• More-established commercial space sectors (e.g., satellite communications and space launch) are growing in capacity and capability.
• The growth and evolution of new market entrants have been driven by small satellite technologies and the proliferated constellation model, advanced manufacturing, use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and venture capital investments.
• Among the new commercial space sectors, some will serve other commercial space operators, while other new space sectors will primarily target government customers.

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are examining and pursuing various ways to leverage commercial space capabilities as part of their policy goal to promote the U.S. space industry and their strategy for improving the national security space architecture. As the commercial space industry continues to grow in capability, capacity, and diversity, opportunities for the USSF and DoD to leverage commercial capabilities are expanding. Specifically, the USSF is considering the role of the commercial space industry in its future space architecture and the innovation ecosystem. It is faced with many choices, such as which commercial capability option to leverage or for which military application it should use commercial instead of organic space capabilities.

In this report, the authors conduct a broad review of seven commercial space sectors—satellite communications, space launch, remote sensing, environmental monitoring, space domain awareness, data transmit/receive networks, and space logistics—and characterize the capabilities and trends in each of them. The information gathered and included in this report is current as of June 15, 2020, and because of rapid changes in the commercial space industry, the authors also recommend sector-specific indicators to track future market developments.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Satellite Communications

• Chapter Three

  Space Launch

• Chapter Four

  Remote Sensing

• Chapter Five

  Environmental Monitoring

• Chapter Six

  Space Domain Awareness

• Chapter Seven

  Data Transmit/Receive Networks

• Chapter Eight

  Space Logistics

• Chapter Nine

  Conclusion