The Federal Aviation Administration's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) and the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) have prepared projections of global demand for commercial space launch services for the period 2001 to 2010. The 2001 Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts report combines: The COMSTAC 2001 Commercial Geosynchronous Launch Demand Model, which projects demand for commercial satellites that operate in geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and the resulting launch demand to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO); and The FAA's 2001 Commercial Space Transportation Projections for Non- Geosynchronous Orbits (NGSO), which projects commercial launch demand for all space systems in non-geosynchronous orbits, such as low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and elliptical orbits (ELI). Together, the COMSTAC and FAA forecasts project that an average of 32 commercial space launches worldwide will occur annually through 2010. The forecast is down over 22 percent from last year's, which projected an average of 41.4 launches per year from an 11 year period (2000- 2010). This downturn in expectations is the result of continued funding difficulties encountered by NGSO systems in the wake of bankruptcies and market uncertainties.
Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts, 2001
2001
69 pages
Report
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English
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