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The Small Satellite DEVELOPMENT RACE INDUSTRY FOCUS STRATEGIC INSIGHT FLEXIBILITY COLLABORATIVE APPROACH [email protected] AeroDynamic Advisory is a boutique aerospace consulting firm specializing in aerospace strategy and growth, MRO, transaction support, customer satisfaction, and economic development. We work with the world’s leading aviation and aerospace compa- nies– from the very largest to small and mid-cap companies and consider ourselves as “part of the industry,” not “outside consultants.” While we bring an independent and objective perspective, we under- stand the aviation and aerospace industries and we contribute to the collective market understanding through conference presentations, focused surveys, and white papers. Communications satellites, while an essential part of global telecommunications infrastructure, have long been expensive, high-latency, and had limited availability for consumer Internet connectivity. A new breed of companies are aiming to disrupt this market with large constellations of inexpensive low-earth orbit satellites. aerodynamicadvisory.com Several companies are racing to develop their own small satellite constellations In addition to these massive constellations, dozens of start- Up to 12,000 satellites Starlink Ku & Ka Band Global Broadband ups and other companies are looking to launch new networks in the near future such as Black- sky Global (60 units), Axelspace 2018 292 satellites Ka Band Targeted capacity for ports, cities, and air traffic 2020 2022 Up to 4,600 satellites V-Band Global Consumer Broadband 2024 2026 2028 (50 units), Fleet (100+ units), Skybridge (60 units), and Kepler (140 units) Up to 4,500 satellites Ku & Ka Band Developing World Consumer Broadband Up to 3,000 satellites V-Band Global Broadband If these planned constellations are all launched, the number of active satellites will grow from ~2,000 in 2018 to over 26,000 in 2028 ~26,000 Active Satellites 1,957 Active Satellites AUGUST| | SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE NO. 10 23 AERODYNAMIC ADVISORY LLC | PHONE: [phone] AERODYNAMICADVISORY.COM