2019: the year in review for the space technology market

2019 was another year of significant progress in the Space Tech Market with a record $3.8bn of venture capital invested. Leading mega-constellation SpaceX made its grand entrance and launched a record 120 satellites during the year. SpaceX also achieved the first successful test flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, bringing the US one step closer to sending astronauts back to the Moon. And Apple joined other tech giants in the space race planning their own satellite broadband constellation.

Here, we review our 2019 Space Predictions published last January.