How to make disaggregation work

In the new millennium, activities in space are rapidly on the rise. The January 2011 National Security Space Strategy highlighted that the space environment is increasingly congested, contested, and competitive. At the end of 2012, over 1,000 operating satellites were on orbit, contributing to a glo...

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Published in:Air & space power journal 2015-11, Vol.29 (6), p.49-49
Main Authors: Wegner, Peter, Adang, Thomas C, Rhemann, Maureen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Analysis
Architecture
Artificial satellites
Business competition
Cloud computing
Commercial space
Commercial spacecraft
Commercialization
Commodities
Communication satellites
Communications satellites
Costs
Economic aspects
Global positioning systems
GPS
Meteorological satellites
Methods
Military aspects
Missiles
Missions
National security
Outer space
Payloads
Satellites
Shipping industry
Space environment
Space industrialization
Space stations
Strategy
Technological change
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Summary:In the new millennium, activities in space are rapidly on the rise. The January 2011 National Security Space Strategy highlighted that the space environment is increasingly congested, contested, and competitive. At the end of 2012, over 1,000 operating satellites were on orbit, contributing to a global $189.5 billion telecommunications and space industry. Since 2001 satellite industry revenues have nearly tripled, averaging an annual growth of 10%. Communication is the primary function of over half the operational satellites, and of those, 38% are of a commercial nature. Today, more than 50 countries are represented by at least one satellite orbiting the earth, and the US leads the pack. Creating an architecture that is resilient, affordable, and expandable need not be an all or nothing approach to disaggregation but a mission by mission approach. As technological prowess grows and technology life cycles shorten, opportunities for more capable and lower-cost architectures become possible through infusing smaller satellites.
ISSN:1555-385X
1554-2505