The Space Economy at a Glance 2014
The space sector plays an increasingly pivotal role in the functioning of modern societies and their economic development as the use of satellite technology gives rise to new applications, uses and markets. Space Economy at a Glance offers a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity using data from over 40 countries with space programmes, and identifies new dynamics in the space sector.
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)
Like time-keeping, the ability to locate one’s position or the position of various objects accurately and reliably is a growing need in our modern economies, with wide-ranging implications for traffic management, security, the environment, the management of natural resources and the provision of personal services (civil and commercial).
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