[20160602]IF10415_美国商业航天行业的变化.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 2, 2016Changes in the U.S. Commercial Space IndustryThe Space Economy Rockets, satellites, and the services they provide, once the domain of governments, are increasingly launched and managed by privately owned companies as well. Commercial activities accounted for 76% of the $330 billion spent on global space activities in 2014, according to the Space Foundation. Governments and companies in more than two dozen countries have built and launched an orbital payload, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that the United States was responsible for about 38% of total global space spending in 2014. The space economy is made up of both commercial and government components. Commercial products and services are generated by companies providing launch services, manufacturing satellites and ground equipment, and operating satellites; government investments in space make up the rest of space economy spending. Typically, commercial launch providers are also manufacturers, designing and assembling the rockets they use. Service providers (such as television broadcasters) may design and build their own satellites, or may purchase them from th