Via Satellite: An estimated 18,500 smallsats will launch between 2022 to 2031, yet the smallsat market presents a growing number of challenges such as limited market addressability, difficult profitability, oversupply, and concentration of the commercial market by a handful of established players.
In Euroconsult’s eighth edition of the report, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, the firm anticipates that about 18,500 smallsats, measured at less than 500 kilograms will be launched from 2022 to 2031. This represents about 365 tons per year, i.e., on average, one ton launched per day over the next 10 years.
