Research Overview

This study covers ongoing and planned deep space missions across government and commercial agencies and examines the opportunities they will create for the NewSpace and ICT market participants. The study categorizes the deep space missions across the following key segments: lander, rover, and orbiter. It identifies the evolving requirements of the market across each of these segments.

The deep-space industry is in its early growth stage and has the potential to develop larger market opportunities as the ongoing and planned deep space missions progress into their expansive phases. The ongoing and planned deep space missions do not represent any recurring opportunities for the short and medium terms at the moment. However, the early-phase deep space missions that succeed will develop into long-term missions, creating recurring opportunities for early participants. Small-satellite technology is one of the key disruptors in this market and is being deployed both as primary and support assets. Large volume, heavy-lift launch vehicle technology will also play a crucial role in the market once the deep space missions evolve into their expansive phases.