Satellite Industry Provides FCC with Global Highlights of 2023
'Starlink has about 6,000 satellites deployed, with more than 5,200 of them operational'
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2024 - The Satellite Industry Association on July 24 submitted its State of the Satellite Industry 2024 report to the Federal Communications Commission, noting that low Earth orbit satellites had a record increase in launches and that the U.S. continued to dominate the satellite manufacturing sector in 2023.
The SIA report showed that satellite launch industry revenue increased to $7.2 billion globally in 2023, up from $7 billion in 2022, with a two percent rise in launch rates because of an increase in the deployment of satellites into low Earth orbit.
