{
  "slug": "global-space-tech",
  "name": "Global Space Tech",
  "updated": "2026-09-20",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/global-space-tech",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "NASA SLS rocket program cost overruns and schedule delays across major element contracts",
      "value": "$2 billion of cost overruns and increases and at least 2 years of schedule delays",
      "unit": "USD cost overrun and years of schedule d",
      "geo": "global",
      "period": "NASA OIG report IG-20-012, March 10 2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-20-012.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "FAA commercial space inspections performed",
      "value": "810",
      "unit": "inspections",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "FY2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/new-record-faa-licensed-commercial-space-operations-aerospace-rulemaking-committee"
    },
    {
      "metric": "FAA-licensed commercial space operations in FY2024",
      "value": "148",
      "unit": "licensed commercial space operations",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "FY2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/new-record-faa-licensed-commercial-space-operations-aerospace-rulemaking-committee"
    },
    {
      "metric": "SpaceX share of FAA-licensed launches by operator",
      "value": "83",
      "unit": "% of FAA-licensed launches",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "FY2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation/aerospace_forecasts/2025-commercial-space.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "NASA SLS program spending not tracked or reported as part of the Agency Baseline Commitment",
      "value": "almost $6 billion",
      "unit": "USD of SLS expenditures through FY 2020",
      "geo": "United States",
      "period": "FY 2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-20-012.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Global private investment in space",
      "value": "7",
      "unit": "EUR billion",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://space-economy.esa.int/documents/tJMabTj61KkdGVOtF6SKw6wGSxicen6ajUWamCG3.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Global institutional space budget growth",
      "value": "9",
      "unit": "% increase vs 2023",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://space-economy.esa.int/documents/tJMabTj61KkdGVOtF6SKw6wGSxicen6ajUWamCG3.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "European private space investment growth",
      "value": "56",
      "unit": "% increase vs 2023",
      "geo": "Europe",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://space-economy.esa.int/documents/tJMabTj61KkdGVOtF6SKw6wGSxicen6ajUWamCG3.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Starlink broadband subscriber base",
      "value": "4",
      "unit": "million subscribers",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://space-economy.esa.int/documents/tJMabTj61KkdGVOtF6SKw6wGSxicen6ajUWamCG3.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "FAA regulatory penalty proposed against a commercial launch provider for launch license violations",
      "value": "633009",
      "unit": "USD",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2023 violations, penalty disclosed 2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of UK space-sector organisations reporting any skills-related challenge (workforce gaps, recruitment difficulty, o",
      "value": "95",
      "unit": "% of surveyed UK space-sector organisati",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "2023 (survey open 24 April - 2 June 2023) vs 2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-sector-skills-survey-2023/space-sector-skills-survey-2023-report"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of UK space-sector organisations reporting skills gaps in their current workforce",
      "value": "52",
      "unit": "% of UK space-sector organisations repor",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "2023 (survey open 24 April - 2 June 2023)",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-sector-skills-survey-2023/space-sector-skills-survey-2023-report"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of UK space-sector organisations citing named causes of recruitment difficulty and skills gaps",
      "value": "68",
      "unit": "% citing competition from other sectors",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "2023 (survey open 24 April - 2 June 2023)",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-sector-skills-survey-2023/space-sector-skills-survey-2023-report"
    },
    {
      "metric": "UK space organisations with skills gaps reporting reduced productivity",
      "value": "47",
      "unit": "%",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-sector-skills-survey-2023/space-sector-skills-survey-2023-report"
    },
    {
      "metric": "UK space organisations using external specialist training providers",
      "value": "53",
      "unit": "%",
      "geo": "UK",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-sector-skills-survey-2023/space-sector-skills-survey-2023-report"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Countries that have sent a satellite into orbit",
      "value": "Almost 100",
      "unit": "countries having sent a national-flag sa",
      "geo": "global",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2023/12/the-space-economy-in-figures_4c52ae39/fa5494aa-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Satellite broadband fixed subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (adoption limitation vs. terrestrial broadband)",
      "value": "0.2",
      "unit": "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants",
      "geo": "OECD area (not global average)",
      "period": "2022/2023 (report publication, OECD 2023)",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2023/12/the-space-economy-in-figures_4c52ae39/fa5494aa-en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "NASA cumulative financial obligations for the SLS Program",
      "value": "14.8",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2019-12",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-20-012.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Controlled rocket-body re-entry practice adoption",
      "value": "65",
      "unit": "% controlled re-entries",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2015-2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.sdo.esoc.esa.int/publications/Space_Environment_Report_I9R1_20251021.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Change in U.S. space-economy manufacturing price indexes",
      "value": "declined 3.9% per year on average in 2012-2023; increased 2.6% in 2023",
      "unit": "% change in value-added price index",
      "geo": "United States",
      "period": "2012-2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://apps.bea.gov/scb/issues/2025/03-march/0325-space-economy.htm"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}