The United States has no current peer in outer space. However, past and present preeminence in space does not guarantee success in the future. Over the past three years, the ICAF Space Industry Study has followed the decline in the industry from the bubble of optimism so prominent in the late 1990s. The collapse of the market for low earth orbit (LEO) telecommunications satellites was followed by a slump in the more traditional geosynchronous (GEO) systems that is projected to continue until the second half of this decade. In this new environment, the whole range of assumptions and policies governing the relationship of the commercial and government sectors require reassessment. Broadly speaking, the government sector has reassumed its traditional role as critical anchor tenant for the industry. The events of the past year the attack on America and the war that has followed have reinforced that trend, both by calling more attention to military space requirements, and by further chilling the commercial space sector.


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    Title :

    Space Industry Study Industrial College of the Armed Forces National Defense University


    Contributors:
    C. Blalock (author) / S. Busby (author) / W. Chapman (author) / M. Evans (author) / E. Helton (author)

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    24 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English