The Space Economy at a Glance 2011

Space applications have become an important part of everyday life. Weather forecasting, air traffic control, global communications and broadcasting, disaster management -- these and many other key activities would be almost unthinkable today without satellite technology. The space industry itself is...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2011
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • China
  • Production and value-added
  • Human capital
  • Norway
  • Canada
  • Acronyms
  • France
  • Efficiency/productivity gains
  • Introduction
  • Governmental budgets for space activities
  • Indirect industrial effects
  • Defining socio-economic impacts from space programmes
  • Space launch activities worldwide
  • International trade in selected space products
  • The satellite earth observation sector
  • Trade
  • Capital stocks: Space assets in orbit and on the ground
  • Brazil
  • India
  • The manufacturing space industry
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • United States
  • Economic growth (regional, national)
  • The Space Sector in 2011 and Beyond
  • Space exploration activities
  • Innovation for future economic growth
  • Insurance market for space activities
  • The satellite telecommunications sector
  • Research and development