Commercial Apps Drive Space Sector Growth

By Frank Morring, Jr. .

Consumer and commercial gear that uses the GPS signal, and direct-to-home television applications drove 7.7% growth in the international “space economy” last year, as measured by the Space Foundation in its annual report on the state of the space industry.

Overall, the global space economy of government budgets and commercial revenue rose to $276.5 billion in 2010, ...

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