Trends in Satellite Mass and Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles: Quarterly Launch Report: Special Report

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Trends in Satellite Mass and Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles: Quarterly Launch Report: Special Report

1997-01-01
By United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation

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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
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The size of commercial GEO satellites has steadily grown as a result of the telecommunications market demanding more satellites with higher power and more transponders. Many analysts within the satellite manufacturing and launch industries see this trend continuing. In 1996, the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) was split among two possible scenarios for the growth in satellite mass over the next decade: either satellite mass growth would plateau or it would continue to rise. By 1997, COMSTAC concluded that commercial GEO satellites would likely continue to grow in size and mass and that heavy commercial GEO satellites would comprise a larger proportion of the market than had initially been predicted. Satellites heavier than 9,000 pounds to GTO are expected to increase from about 10 percent of the market today to approximately 50 percent by 2010. This trend, according to COMSTAC, will result in a corresponding percentage reduction in the intermediate market segment (satellites weighing 4,000 to 9,000 pounds).
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