Satellite-based Earth Observation Market Growth, Demand and Challenges of the Key Industry Players 2024-2032
                     Global Satellite-based 
Earth Observation Market 
Research and Forecast 
Report 2024-2032
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M a r k e t :  G l o b a l  I n d u s t r y  T r e n d s ,  S h a r e ,  S i z e ,  G r o w t h ,  O p p o r t u n i t y  a n d  F o r e c a s t  2 0 2 4 -
2 0 3 2 , "  t h e  g l o b a l  s a t e l l i t e - b a s e d  e a r t h  o b s e r v a t i o n  m a r k e t  s i z e  r e a c h e d  U S $  3 . 5  B i l l i o n  i n  
2 0 2 3 .
S a t e l l i t e - b a s e d  e a r t h  o b s e r v a t i o n  r e f e r s  t o  t h e  u s a g e  o f  a r t i f i c i a l  s a t e l l i t e s  t o  g a t h e r  
Report i n f o r m a t i o n  r e g a r d i n g  t h e  s u r f a c e  a n d  a t m o s p h e r e  o f  t h e  p l a n e t .  I n b u i l t  s e n s o r s  i n  t h e s e  
s a t e l l i t e s  c a n  c a p t u r e  i m a g e s ,  m e a s u r e  d i f f e r e n t  e n v i r o n m e n t a l  p a r a m e t e r s ,  a n d  d e t e c t  
s i g n a l s  e m i t t e d  b y  t h e  s u r f a c e  o f  t h e  E a r t h .  M o r e o v e r ,  t h e s e  s a t e l l i t e s  c a n  f u n c t i o n  r e m o t e l y  
Highlight and o r  i n a c c e s s i b l y ,  w h i c h  a l l o w s  d e c i s i o n - m a k e r s  a n d  r e s e a r c h e r s  w o r l d w i d e  t o  a c c e s s ,  s h a r e  
a n d  a n a l y z e  i n f o r m a t i o n  t h a t  w o u l d  o t h e r w i s e  b e  a l m o s t  i m p o s s i b l e  t o  o b t a i n .  
I n  a d d i t i o n  t o  p r o v i d i n g  g l o b a l  c o v e r a g e ,  t h e y  a r e  w e l l - e q u i p p e d  t o  o b s e r v e  t h e  e x a c t  l o c a t i o n  
Description r e p e a t e d l y ,  a l l o w i n g  t h e  d e t e c t i o n  o f  c h a n g e s  i n  v e g e t a t i o n  c o v e r ,  l a n d  u s e ,  w a t e r  r e s o u r c e s ,  
a n d  a i r  q u a l i t y .  A m o n g  t h e  m a n y  b e n e f i t s  o f  s a t e l l i t e s  i n c l u d e  e f f e c t i v e  w e a t h e r  f o r e c a s t i n g ,  
s u c h  a s  t r a c k i n g  s t o r m s  a n d  m e a s u r i n g  a t m o s p h e r i c  c o n d i t i o n s ,  a c c u r a t e  s u r v e i l l a n c e  
s y s t e m s ,  a n d  r a p i d  d i s a s t e r  r e s p o n s e  l i k e  e s t i m a t i n g  f l o o d  a n d  f i r e  d a m a g e .
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G l o b a l  S a t e l l i t e - b a s e d  E a r t h  O b s e r v a t i o n  M a r k e t  T r e n d s :
T h e  g l o b a l  m a r k e t  i s  m a j o r l y  d r i v e n  b y  t h e  i n c r e a s i n g  d e m a n d  f o r  g e o s p a t i a l  d a t a  i n  s u s t a i n a b l e  u r b a n  p l a n n i n g  a n d  r u r a l  d e v e l o p m e n t  p r o j e c t s .  
T h i s  c a n  b e  a t t r i b u t e d  t o  t h e  c o n t i n u a l  a d v a n c e m e n t s  i n  s a t e l l i t e  t e c h n o l o g y .  I n  l i n e  w i t h  t h i s ,  t h e  e s c a l a t i n g  d e m a n d  f o r  r e a l - t i m e  i n f o r m a t i o n  
f o r  v a r i o u s  a p p l i c a t i o n s ,  s u c h  a s  e n v i r o n m e n t a l  m o n i t o r i n g ,  n a t u r a l  r e s o u r c e  m a n a g e m e n t ,  d i s a s t e r  r e s p o n s e  a n d  m a n a g e m e n t ,  i s  p r o v i d i n g  a n  
i m p e t u s  t o  t h e  m a r k e t .  M o r e o v e r ,  t h e  g r o w i n g  a d o p t i o n  o f  s m a r t  a n d  p r e c i s i o n  f a r m i n g  p r a c t i c e s  d u e  t o  t h e  s i g n i f i c a n t  r e d u c t i o n  i n  a r a b l e  l a n d ,  
a l o n g  w i t h  r i s i n g  f o o d  s e c u r i t y  c o n c e r n s ,  a r e  c r e a t i n g  l u c r a t i v e  m a r k e t  o p p o r t u n i t i e s .  B e s i d e s  t h i s ,  t h e  r a p i d  u t i l i z a t i o n  o f  h i g h - r e s o l u t i o n  
s a t e l l i t e  i m a g e r y  d a t a  i n  a e r o s p a c e  a n d  d e f e n s e  a p p l i c a t i o n s  i s  a l s o  a c t i n g  a s  a  s i g n i f i c a n t  g r o w t h - i n d u c i n g  f a c t o r  f o r  t h e  m a r k e t .  T h e  m a r k e t  i s  
f u r t h e r  f u e l e d  b y  t h e  r a p i d  e x p a n s i o n  o f  t h e  s p a c e  i n d u s t r y ,  r e s u l t i n g  i n  a  r i s i n g  n u m b e r  o f  s p a c e  e x p l o r a t i o n  a c t i v i t i e s .  I n  a d d i t i o n  t o  t h i s ,  t h e  
g r o w i n g  a d o p t i o n  o f  a u t o n o m o u s  v e h i c l e s  i s  f u e l i n g  t h e  d e m a n d  f o r  s a t e l l i t e - b a s e d  e a r t h  o b s e r v a t i o n  s y s t e m s  f o r  m o r e  e f f e c t i v e  c a r  n a v i g a t i o n  
s y s t e m s .  A p a r t  f r o m  t h i s ,  t h e  e x p a n d i n g  v o l u m e  o f  a i r  t r a f f i c  i s  l e a d i n g  t o  t h e  r a p i d  u t i l i z a t i o n  o f  s p a c e - b a s e d  t e c h n o l o g i e s  t o  e n s u r e  e f f i c i e n c y  
a n d  s e c u r i t y  i n  i n t e r n a t i o n a l  c i v i l i a n  a i r c r a f t ,  w h i c h ,  i n  t u r n ,  i s  d r i v i n g  t h e  m a r k e t .  S o m e  o f  t h e  o t h e r  f a c t o r s  c o n t r i b u t i n g  t o  t h e  m a r k e t  i n c l u d e  
s i g n i f i c a n t  r i s e  i n  i n v e s t m e n t s  f o r  i n n o v a t i v e  s a t e l l i t e  t e c h n o l o g y ,  g r o w i n g  i m p l e m e n t a t i o n  o f  f o r e s t  p r o t e c t i o n  l a w s ,  c o n s i d e r a b l e  i n c r e a s e  i n  
s u r v e i l l a n c e  a n d  c r i m e  m a p p i n g  a c t i v i t i e s ,  a n d  e x t e n s i v e  r e s e a r c h  a n d  d e v e l o p m e n t  ( R & D ) ,  m e r g e r  a n d  a c q u i s i t i o n  ( M & A )  a n d  c o l l a b o r a t i v e  
s t r a t e g i e s  a d o p t e d  b y  k e y  p l a y e r s .
L o o k i n g  f o r w a r d ,  t h e  m a r k e t  i s  a n t i c i p a t e d  t o  r e a c h  a  v a l u e  o f  U S $  5 . 6  B i l l i o n  b y  2 0 3 2 ,  e x h i b i t i n g  a  C A G R  o f  5 . 3 %  d u r i n g  2 0 2 4 -
2 0 3 2 .
V i e w  R e p o r t  T O C ,  F i g u r e s  a n d  T a b l e s :  h t t p s : / / w w w . i m a r c g r o u p . c o m / s a t e l l i t e - b a s e d - e a r t h - o b s e r v a t i o n - m a r k e t
Breakup by Solution:
• Data
• Value Added Services
 
Breakup by End User:
• Defense and Intel l igence
• Infrastructure and Engineering
Report • Agriculture
• Energy and Power
Segmentation • Others
Breakup by Region:
• North America
• Asia-Pacifi c
• Europe
• Lat in America
• Middle East and Afr ica
• Airbus SE
• BAE Systems plc
• GeoOptics Inc.
• ImageSat International  N.V.
Competitive 
• L3Harris Technologies Inc.
Landscape • Lockheed Martin Corporation
with Key • Maxar Technologies Inc.
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
Players
• OHB System AG (OHB SE)
• Planet Labs PBC
• Raytheon Technologies Corporation
• Thales Group.
How big is the global satellite-based earth observation 
market?
What is the expected growth rate of the global satellite-
based earth observation market during 2024-2032?
Key What are the key factors driving the global satellite-based earth observation market?
Questions What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global 
satellite-based earth observation market?
Answered in 
What is the breakup of the global satellite-based earth 
the Report observation market based on the solution?
What is the breakup of the global satellite-based earth 
observation market based on the end user?
What are the key regions in the global satellite-based 
earth observation market?
Who are the key players/companies in the global 
satellite-based earth observation market?
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        7 . 1 . 2  M a r k e t  F o r e c a s t
       
    7 . 2     I n f r a s t r u c t u r e  a n d  E n g i n e e r i n g
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        7 . 2 . 2  M a r k e t  F o r e c a s t
    7 . 3     A g r i c u l t u r e
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        7 . 3 . 2  M a r k e t  F o r e c a s t
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        7 . 4 . 2  M a r k e t  F o r e c a s t
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