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The Space Report 2014 is Now Available; Provides Definitive Perspective on the 2013 Global Space Industry
The global space economy grew to $314.17 billion in commercial revenue and government budgets in 2013, reflecting growth of 4 percent from the 2012 total of $302.22 billion. Commercial activity — space products and services and commercial infrastructure — drove much of this increase. From 2008 through 2013, the total has grown by 27 percent.…
Space Foundation Index Performance for First Quarter 2014
The first quarter of 2014 saw a cooldown in the explosive rate of market growth from 2013. However, the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index and the Space Foundation Index still turned in respectable growth of 7.27 percent and 4.94 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the Space Foundation Services Index, the NASDAQ Composite, and the S&P…
How to Order The Space Report 2013
The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity is published annually by the Space Foundation, which works with a leading aerospace consulting firm, Futron Corporation, to research and analyze government and industry trends in space activity. The Space Report is the definitive body of information about the global space industry, and is a valuable…
Second Quarter 2013 Index Performance
The Space Foundation Infrastructure Index recorded the best quarterly performance of the year as its 15.9 percent growth outstripped all other tracked indexes, as can be seen in Exhibit 1. The main Space Foundation Index came in second, closely followed by the NASDAQ Composite, as all indexes posted growth in the quarter. Infrastructure companies in…
Read About Space-Related Contributions in The Space Report 2013: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity
The quantum computing partnership announced earlier this year by Google, NASA and the Universities Space Research Association is but the latest in a long series of space-related efforts to advance computing technology. The quantum computer has been installed at NASA’s Ames Research Center and is expected to become operational in the next several months. It…
Space Foundation Index Performance Second Quarter 2013
The second quarter of 2013 saw sustained, but slowing, growth in every index except for the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index, which led the way with 7.75 percent growth (double its first quarter growth) as can be seen in Exhibit 1. For the first half of the year, the five tracked indexes performed fairly evenly, within…
Space Foundation Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on The Space Report 2013
On May 1, the Space Foundation conducted a briefing on Capitol Hill for almost 50 government officials and congressional staffers to discuss the findings published in The Space Report 2013: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. The Space Report, published annually by the Space Foundation, contains worldwide space facts and figures and is illustrated with photographs,…
Space Foundation Index Performance First Quarter 2013
Markets grew steadily in the first quarter of 2013. The Space Foundation Services Index led the way with 8.86 percent growth, followed by the Space Foundation Index and the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index (up 6.28 percent and 3.83 percent respectively), as can be seen in Exhibit 1 below. The S&P 500 Index outperformed all other…
Read the Space Foundation's Fiscal Year 2014 NOAA Budget Report
The Space Foundation has produced a report, providing overviews and comparisons of the Fiscal Year 2014 budgets. The report includes an overview of space-based and space-related programs requested in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY 2014 budget in comparison with NOAA’s FY 2013 budget request, and the FY 2014 Commerce, Justice and Science…
Space Sector Outperformed S&P 500 and NASDAQ in Fourth Quarter 2012
The fourth quarter of 2012 saw continued strength in the space sector. The companies in the Space Foundation Services Index led the way with nearly 8 percent growth, followed by those in the Space Foundation Index and the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index (up 6.26 percent and 5.23 percent, respectively). In contrast, both the S&P 500 Index…