SPACE-COMM EXPO: INDUSTRY FACTS & FIGURES
21st October 2024
Space-Comm Expo London registration is officially open at London ExCeL, 11-12 March 2025.
Join us at the UK’s largest space industry event attracting global leaders and influencers from around the world including NASA, the European Space Agency and the United Nations, alongside primes, SME’s and start-ups.
Headlining Space-Comm Expo London will be ‘rock star scientist’ Professor Brian Cox, the inspirational TV presenter and former musician, whose documentaries on space and the wonders of the universe, have been watched by millions all around the world.
Click here to register for FREE today with just 5 months to go until the 5th anniversary of the UK’s leading space industry event.
There has never been a more exciting time for space missions and exploration, driven by rapid advances in science and technology, and collaboration between international governments and business.
Over 200 exhibitors, 120 speakers and 5,000 visitors are expected at Space-Comm Expo London, including government ministers, CEO’s, entrepreneurs, innovators and investors at the forefront of a new space age, ‘where space does business’.
To help inspire you, here are some of the latest space industry facts and figures, as we look forward to the biggest and best Space-Comm Expo yet, coming up in March next year.
UK Space Agency: Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2023 (Jul 2024)
- Total UK space industry income £18.9bn
- Number of organisations 1,765
- Supporting 128,500 jobs
- The industry contributes £7.2bn of GVA to UK economic output
- Income from exports £5.8bn
- £364bn of UK GDP supported by satellite services
ESA: Eurospace 2024 update facts & figures (Jul 2024)
- In terms of the global context, 1,500 tons of spacecraft mass were launched in 2023, up from 1,000 tons in 2022, with 95% of the growth driven by Starlink
- The global spacecraft and launch markets are dominated by the US and China with a joint market share of 70% in both markets
- In 2023, 70% of institutional spacecraft mass launched was for civil programmes, while 30% was for military programmes.
- The European upstream budget totalled almost €11 billion in 2023, which includes national budgets of about €9 billion and the EU space budget of €2 billion. Of the total, almost two-thirds were managed by ESA
ESA Space Environment Statistics (Sep 2024)
- Number of rocket launches since the start of the space age in 1957 about 6,740 (excluding failures)
- Number of satellites these rocket launches have placed into Earth orbit about 19,590
- Number of these still in space about 13,230
- Number of these still functioning about 10,200
- Number of space objects regularly tracked by Space Surveillance Networks and maintained in their catalogue about 36,860
- Estimated number of break-ups, explosions, collisions, or anomalous events resulting in fragmentation more than 650
- Not all objects are tracked and catalogued. The number of debris objects estimated based on statistical models to be in orbit (MASTER-8, future population 2024): 40,500 space debris objects greater than 10 cm / 1,100,000 space debris objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm / 130 million space debris objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm
The award winning Space-Comm Expo organised by Hub Exhibitions is dedicated to supporting the global space industry. The event features a unique format combining international exhibitors with product demonstrations, keynote speakers, multiple conference theatres, roundtables and exclusive 1-21 networking opportunities.
Space-Comm Expo is the UK and Europe’s leading international event series at London ExCeL 11-12 March, Dubai World Trade Centre 8-9 October and SEC Glasgow 3-4 December promoting collaboration and accelerating growth for the global space community.
We look forward to you joining us, click here to register today for FREE.
For more information on exhibitor, sponsorship and speaker opportunities email: spacecomm@hubexhibitions.co.uk
The statistics and insights provided are for information purposes only with links to sources, we take no responsibility for accuracy.
Ben Smith, Media & PR Officer, Space-Comm Expo
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