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207 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Mar \ on: Objects Launched Into Outer Space charts_and_numbers

A new report predicts that around 20,000 new satellites will launch by the end of the decade — a more conservative forecast compared to other sky-high projections.

https://spacenews.com/industry-report-demand-for-satellites-is-rising-but-not-skyrocketing/

https://m.stacker.news/20595

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64 sats \ 5 replies \ @kr OP 13 Mar

cool chart, what use case do you think the next 20,000 satellite launches will serve?

70 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Mar

My perception is that the vast majority will be for internet provision, but military satellites could also have a good share.

64 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr OP 13 Mar

at a certain point though, won’t we have enough satellites for internet coverage?

why the need for 10x more satellite launches when we already have a starlink constellation?

138 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Mar

That's a fair point. There is strong market competition, and other companies (and countries) will also want to have their own satellite internet networks.

64 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 13 Mar freebie

yeah i could see a few more competitors pop up, but i don’t see the internet or earth observation use cases scaling the number of launches exponentially.

i’m receptive to the idea that we do get far more launches in the next decade, just not sure what the use cases might be

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 13 Mar

I agree. In the article I shared earlier, it says:

Satellite demand also is fueled by government constellations like the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture and Europe’s IRIS2.