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The European space industry in 2010

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Contents
Foreword
Overview
Long series 1991-2009
Sector demographics
Sales by customer
Sales by system
Spacecraft deliveries of 2010
Ariane launches of 2010
Methodology and definitions
Survey information
Survey release notes
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About Eurospace
E
urospace - a non-profit organisation
incorporated in 1961 - fosters the
development of space activities in
Europe and promotes a better
understanding of space industry related issues
and problems. Its members are the main space
industry manufacturers and launch service
providers.
Eurospace members cover the whole span of the
space industrial chain, are present in 13
European countries and represent more
than 90% of the European space industry
activity from both turnover and
Page 3 employment points of view.
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Page 5 Since 2004, Eurospace is the Space Group
Page 6 of ASD (AeroSpace and Defence Industries
Page 8 Association of Europe, created from the
Page 10 merger of AECMA, EDIG and Eurospace
activities) where it represents and defines
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the space viewpoint of the association.
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This new aggregated structure allows
Page 16 industry to benefit from existing synergies
Page 18 between aeronautic, defence and space
Page 19 industrial activities.
Since its creation, ESA has maintained
formal links with Eurospace. The
association provides an effective entry
point in the industrial sector and is the
preferred channel to discuss industry-wide
issues. A frame contract between ESA and
Eurospace was signed in 1987, which
allows the association to perform advisory work
for the Agency. In 2001 a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) was signed that officially
recognised Eurospace as the representative body
of the European space industry. The MoU covered
all aspects related to new programmes,
competitiveness, research & technology, and
administration.
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Eurospace plays a key role in the European Space
Technology Strategy process, officially presenting
the whole European space manufacturing industry
views on technology evolution and harmonisation.
With 50 years of presence in the space policy
arena, Eurospace has established and maintains a
comprehensive network of contacts with the main
national space agencies in Europe (ASI, BNSC,
CNES, DLR,...) and with the relevant national
ministries. As policy evolution required, Eurospace
extended its reach to new institutions, such as the
WEU, EDA or the French DGA for defence matters.
Over the past 15 years, the European Union has
developed a strong interest in space, from the
research and development point of view (with
dedicated space budgets being included in the 6th
and 7th Framework Programmes for example),
but also as a user and promoter of space
infrastructures (as with the Galileo programme or
the GMES initiative for instance). Indeed space
services and applications are now recognised as
efficient tools for policy implementation,
environmental studies, situation assessments, etc.
to support the European Commission actions as
the executive arm of the EU.
Eurospace mandate includes the relevant EU
bodies, including Commission DGs, the Council,
the Parliament etc. and eventually Eurospace
established a dedicated office in Brussels in 2001.
Eurospace is a recognised interlocutor to the
European Union, and an active participant to EU
led industry consultations on space, providing
data, analysis and assessments on space industry
related issues to relevant DGs as required.
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 Foreword
by Jean Jacques Tortora: Eurospace Secretary General

H
ere comes the time for the publication
of the 2010 issue of the Eurospace
annual survey.
This is the second edition established
according to the new methodology which has been
set up in order to improve the accuracy of the con-
solidation process, as well as to allow for more
detailed analysis. This has been achieved thanks to
the active collaboration of all the companies con-
tributing to the survey. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank them once again for accepting
to complete our questionnaire. We will continue
our efforts to enlarge the base of this study to
make it even more accurate and reliable.
This year, we complemented the factual and quan-
titative study with some qualitative data related to
the actual deliveries of European spacecraft and
launch services performed by the Ariane system.
We also introduced a mass oriented historic analy-
sis of the evolution of the spacecraft deliveries for
launch by the European industry which comple-
ments the historic revenue and employment series.
Similarly, we produced statistical series of Ariane
system usage over time.
Like every year, this publication has been highly
awaited, as it gives the pulse of the Space sector in
Europe. As a whole, 2010 was a good year for in-
dustry: the overall turnover peaked to 6.1 B up
from 5.5 B in 2009. This is a historical high in cur-
rent economic conditions. The employment in the
sector evolved accordingly and is now almost back
to its record high reached in the 90s with some
35,000 full time jobs across Europe.
in the next few years with the deployment and
operations of the Galileo constellation and Sen-
tinel satellites.
Other European institutional customers, and
particularly CNES and DLR, have also generated
more business for industry, notably in the earth
observation and telecommunications
(respectively) segments.
On the defence side, military systems sales
remain well below 1 B, distributed almost
exclusively among the four member States
primarily active in this area, namely France,
Germany, Italy and UK.
The Space telecommunications commercial market
seems to have completed its recovery from the
major 2003 crisis and both satellites and launchers
manufacturing sectors show no further growth as
compared to 2009. This activity, which is key to the
European industry, needs to be carefully monitored
in the next few months.
These good results must also be considered in light
of recent evolutions. As a matter of fact, 2011 has
started with three major contracts worth 1 B
awarded by European operators to US competitors.
This is definitely the sign of an aggressive return of
US manufacturers on this market.
In parallel, the Space imagery commercial business
is expected to be highly impacted by the new US
approach to contract long term commitments to
domestic private operators for the fulfilment of
their governmental needs.

These results must be saluted. They are mostly Finally, many on-going European Space pro-
attributable to the positive trend of European insti-
grammes are reaching completion or are about to
tutional markets:
enter their operational phase. Decisions need to be
First in Science and ISS related programmes, on prepared in 2011 in order to ensure that the next
ESA side, and second thanks to the first Galileo ESA Council at ministerial level will effectively
contracts awarded to industry on behalf of the launch new initiatives in the field of Space trans-
European Union. The further involvement of portation and satellites applications in a difficult
the EU in Space affairs should sustain this trend economic context.

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 Overview
Main industry facts 2009 2010
Direct industry employment (FTE) 32 535 34 334
The European space manufacturing industry is a niche stra- Other personnel working on site (FTE) 1 482 1 020
tegic sector, embedded in the wider European AeroSpace Total space industry employment (FTE) 34 017 35 355
and Defence industrial complex. Final sales (M constant e.c. 2010 conditions) 5 623 6 146
Four large industrial holdings (EADS, Finmeccanica, Safran,
and Thales) are directly responsible for more than 70% of
the total space industry employment. The largest dedicated Final sales (M constant e.c.) & employment (FTE)
space business units and industrial capabilities are found in
8 000 40 000
EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space.
SMEs represent less than 8% of the total space industry 7 000 35 000
manufacturing employment, whereas small space units
represent 43% of all space units considered in Eurospace 6 000 30 000

model (see details at page 7).

5 000 25 000
The space manufacturing industry is an infrastructure sup-
plier. The sector operates at the higher end of the space 4 000 20 000
value chain, and supplies to service providers and public
institutions, spacecraft and launchers to their requirements. 3 000 Final sales 15 000
Direct space employment
Industry is distributed across all Europe, with the major
M constant e.c.

2 000 10 000
industrial sites located in France, Germany, Italy, and, to a
lesser extent, UK, Spain and Belgium. 1 000 5 000

FTE
The situation of the European space manufacturing industry
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in the past decades has changed significantly.
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Mergers and acquisitions have restructured the manufactur-
ing sector, starting at the higher level of the value chain
(system integrators) pursuing strategies of vertical and hori-
zontal integration.
Industry restructuring explains some of the employment In 2010, the space manufacturing industry experi-
reduction endured by the sector since the mid nineties, but enced a significant growth of Final sales (+12.3% in
market factors apply as well. Indeed, with the take up of current terms, +9.3% in constant e.c.) supporting con-
commercial and defence businesses, employment grew tinued direct employment growth (+5.5%).
again in 2006 and maintained a constant growth path since, The core of space manufacturing activity lies in the
backing revenue growth in the same period. design, development and manufacturing of satellites
Business cycles and market evolutions have driven space for operational applications, such as telecommunica-
industry revenues variations in recent years. tions systems and parts , Earth observation systems
and parts and Navigation/localisation systems and
parts .
Final sales by Customer The second area of business is launchers, a receding
2009 2010 variation
(Europe & Exports) M constant e.c. market for the European industry. Launcher activities
Final sales 5 623.14 6 145.99 9.3% include operational launch systems sales (mainly to
European public customers 2 876.99 3 252.25 13.0% Arianespace) and development and consolidation
European private customers 1 388.81 1 429.80 3.0% activities, in support of the Ariane and Vega systems.
Other European customers 84.09 84.04 -0.1% Scientific activities include a wide variety of systems
Public customers RoW 411.73 541.11 31.4% and technologies, with science systems and parts (in
Private customers RoW 840.22 804.01 -4.3%
growth in 2010), and Human spaceflight (and related
Other customers RoW 36.64 34.78 -5.1%
activities, such as ATV, ISS contribution etc.) repre-
senting the core of revenues in this area.
Final sales by type of system Ground systems and activities cover such diverse
2009 2010 variation
M constant e.c. industrial activities as engineering and consultancy
services, the development and production of ground
Final sales 5 623.14 6 145.99 9.3%
stations and industrial hardware supporting develop-
Launcher systems 1 096.42 1 070.38 -2.4%
ment, production and test activities (EGSE/MGSE).
Satellite applications systems 3 081.17 3 108.10 0.9%
Scientific systems 844.83 989.52 17.1% Ground systems (and particularly ground receiving
Ground sytems and services 507.43 877.82 73.0% stations for military customers) produced most of
Other & Unknown 108.64 100.17 -7.8% industry sales growth in 2010.

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 Long series

The European space industry has access to two

Sales by main customer (M, constant e.c.)
main markets: an institutional domestic market, 4 000
with a civil and military component, and a market
3 500
for commercial and export customers. Exports also
include sales to institutional customers outside 3 000
Europe, such as space agencies in emerging coun-
tries (South Korea, Algeria). 2 500
The European institutional market represented
2 000
more than half of European space manufacturing
industrys final sales in 2010. The main institutional 1 500
customers are ESA (worth 2.1 B sales), other civil Sales to European public entities

M constant e.c.
agencies such as CNES, DLR ASI and others (worth 1 000 Commercial & exports sales
Other/unknown
0.6 B) and military agencies such as French DGA
500
(worth 0.4 B).
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The main customers are commercial satellites op-
erators, such as Eutelsat and SES in Europe, Arabsat
or Globalstar outside Europe, that represent 1.6 B
worth of sales. They are closely followed by launch Civil vs military systems sales (M, constant e.c.)
service providers that procure launch systems from 7 000
industry for a total 670 M. Commercial markets
have been driven for years by the activity of geosta- 6 000
tionary satellite operators, with a very marked cy-
clical component. The cycle affects the sales of 5 000
geostationary satellite systems, as well as the sales
of Ariane systems (to a lesser extent). 4 000

Export sales include a share of sales to institutions

3 000
and governmental bodies outside Europe, smaller,
but sizeable (178 M). They are mostly composed Civil systems sales
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NASA or KARI).
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ceeds the value of sales to military entities. This is
due to the fact that military systems can be pro-
cured by some civil customers. This is the case of
Sales by main type of system (M, constant e.c.)
the Private operator Paradigm procuring the mili- 4 500 Launcher systems
tary Skynet 5 systems, and also of some civil agen- Satellite applications systems (ground stations incl.)
4 000 Scientific systems
cies such as CNES, DLR and ASI, that procure mili- Other/unkown
tary systems for defence authorities. 3 500

3 000
In the past two decades, only one market of Euro-
2 500
pean industry has really grown in a significant way:
the market for satellite applications. The growth 2 000
has been supported by two parallel trends: the
1 500
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cycle of satellite telecommunications applications.
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 Sector Demographics
Age pyramid Qualification structure
The European space industry maintains a rather stable age structure . The European space industry employs a high proportion of highly
The average age of employees is slightly below 45, without any sig- qualified workers (engineers and PhDs represent overall 65% of
nificant difference between women and men. The proportion of employees).
women in the industry is 21%. Women in the space industry tend to have a slightly lower qualifica-
There is a significant proportion (35%) of employees with age be- tion profile than men.
tween 48 and 58, a situation with potential impact in the coming
decade, in terms of com- Population characteristics Qualification profile All Men Women
petences preservation in Average age (women) 42.07 1. University (4-5 years and up) 42.0% 44.1% 33.5%
industry. Average age (men) 43.78 2. University (up to 3 years) 23.5% 24.1% 21.1%
Average age (all) 43.42 3. Higher Vocational School 12.6% 10.3% 21.6%
Women in % of total 21% 4. Vocational School 7.6% 6.8% 10.6%
Men in % of total 79% 5. General School Only 3.0% 2.7% 4.3%
Total employment 34334 6. Apprenticeship 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
63 Not available 11.1% 11.7% 8.5%

58 100%

53 90%
80%
48 Not available
70%
43 Cat 1
60%
38 Cat 2
50%
Cat 3
33 40%
Cat 4
28 30%
Women Cat 5
Men 20%
23
10% Cat 6
<=18
0%
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All Men Women

Employment distribution by country and by segment*

The European space industry is distributed across all ESA countries, resulting in an important fragmentation, particularly in the smallest con-
tributors to ESA. Yet, the 6 major ESA contributors (France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium) represent about 90 % of
employment. In principle, personnel is allocated to the country of activity. This is particularly relevant to companies who provide engineering
and other specialised services to space industries and agencies (e.g. Serco, Vega, RHEA, HE Space).
Note that country data in red is issued with a warning. The level of questionnaire return within a country is below 60% of total, meaning that
the specific data point is based mostly on proxies rather than actual information. Please see also the Release notes and survey information.
Each space unit can be qualified according to its main line of business (in % of total sales) across three main types of products; Launchers,
Spacecraft and Ground
systems. This information Country Employment evolution 2005-2010 Distribution by segment
is provided in the distribu- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Launcher Spacecraft Ground Total
Austri a 294 279 290 301 318 320 59 261 - 320
tion by segment. With the
Belgium 1 189 1 187 1 288 1 284 1 523 1 446 427 695 324 1 446
evolution of their busi-
Denmark 175 180 200 167 216 231 25 206 - 231
ness, some space units
Fi nl and 136 131 129 153 172 150 - 150 - 150
may change segment, this France 11 157 11 145 11 453 11 641 11 225 12 082 2 962 7 824 1 295 12 082
has been the case, in par- Germany 4 415 4 481 4 812 4 962 5 270 6 112 407 4 768 937 6 112
ticular, of RUAG Irel and 45 42 42 42 30 26 - 24 2 26
(Switzerland) that moved Ital y 3 814 3 738 3 963 3 985 4 490 5 095 699 2 773 1 623 5 095
to spacecraft segment in Luxembourg na na 27 27 31 31 - 18 12 31
2010. Netherlands 505 559 491 460 610 794 67 355 371 794
Norway 247 223 205 254 276 293 52 105 136 293
Portugal 55 73 53 109 101 118 - 118 - 118
* please read our release notes Spai n 1 896 1 901 1 915 2 095 2 231 2 526 - 1 360 1 166 2 526
(page19) to better understand Sweden 699 686 689 641 664 760 108 400 252 760
national evolutions, Perimeter Swi tzerland 670 671 707 743 783 796 8 700 88 796
changes may affect significantly Uni ted Kingdom 3 287 3 576 3 242 3 437 3 429 3 554 98 2 996 460 3 554
national figures. Europe 28 584 28 872 29 506 30 301 31 369 34 334 4 913 22 754 6 668 34 334

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 Sector demographics
Employment in large groups
The space industrial sector is embedded in the larger aerospace and defence industrial com-
plex. About half the companies in the survey have ties with the main industrial conglomer-
ates, such as EADS, Thales, Finmeccanica and Safran. As a result, 77% of space industry em- Other
ployees are working in large aerospace and defence groups (see pie chart). companies
23% EADS
These groups may also create specific JVs to undertake specific industrial tasks (e.g. Europro- 35%
pulsion, Cryospace, UMS...).
Safran
Note that for the sake of representation we have associated all Thales Alenia Space employ- 4%
ees to Thales (67% control share) and all of the Telespazio group to Finmeccanica (67% con- RUAG
trol share). UMS space personnel instead was evenly split between Thales and EADS (50/50 3% OHB

JV). 4%
Thales
Finmeccanica
With a view to securing supply of critical equipment, large groups tend to extend their control 24%
7%
in the supply chain with the absorption of suppliers (and competitors). Thus the space sector
counts a large number of small space units, but a rather limited number of independent
SMEs.

SMEs in the space sector

Verified In Eurospace 2010 survey 28 companies have formally qualified as SMEs (representing a total
SMEs of 1064 employees), out of 85 small space businesses. Within this group, 57 small space busi-
Small space 3%
businesses nesses, worth 1199 employees, may be SMEs but have not identified themselves as such.
(maybe
SMEs) Considering the uncertainties described above, it is ascertained that within the sector of
4% space systems manufacturing and development in Europe, the proportion of SMEs is com-
prised between 3% and 8% of total employment.
Not SMEs Employment Total space Final space Number of
SME situation
93% Space (direct) sales* M sales M Units
Not SMEs 32 071 9 133.67 6 028.61 114
Small space businesses (maybe SMEs) 1 199 139.88 27.02 57
Verified SMEs 1 064 184.60 89.86 28
TOTAL 34 334 9 458.15 6 145.49 199
* total sales includes inter-sector sales, they are higher than final sales. Please refer to page 16 for explanations

Employment distribution by country: 2005-2010 evolution

Only 6 European countries have direct space employment exceeding 1000 employees (below, left). Together these countries contribute more
than 90% of total space industry employment. The remaining 10% are unevenly distributed among 10 countries (below, right)

France Germany Switzerland Sweden Netherlands

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800 Ireland
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 Final Sales by customer
Customers Priv. cust.
(RoW)
Matrix of sales
Customers are organised by nature (public and Pub. cust.
(RoW) 13% European Rest of the
M Total
private) and by geographical location (Europe and 9% customers World
Pub. cust.
rest of the world). Priv. cust. (Europe) Public customers 3 252.2 541.1 3 793.4
(Europe) 54% Private customers 1 429.8 804.0 2 233.8
Public customers are all publicly funded institu-
24% Other/unknown 84.0 34.8 118.8
tions, such as space agencies (ESA, NASA, CNES...) Total 4 766.1 1 379.9 6 146.0
or public satellite operators (Eumetsat, Arabsat...).
This category also includes military entities
Private customers are all private entities, such as private satellite
operators (SES Global, Panamsat, Globalstar...) and other compa-
nies in the sector. Comparison 2009-2010
The European industry has access to a large array of customers, - 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500
public and private entities, in Europe and abroad, but its core
Sales to ESA
business remains with European public customers (54% of Final Sales to other European institutions (public)
sales in 2010). Sales to European private operators
2009 2010
Sales to Arianespace
European sales vs. Exports Other/unknown European customers
Sales to Public institutions RoW
The sales of the European space industry are located mainly in
Sales Private satellite operators RoW
Europe (78% of final sales). Exports represent a smaller, but signifi-
Sales of equipment and parts RoW
cant, share (22%).
Other/unknown RoW customers
European customers (4.7 B) are dominated by ESA (2.1 B) and
Arianespace (0.67 B). Together, European private operators rep-
resent an important share too (0.76 B).
Export sales (or sales to customers in the Rest of the World , 1.38
B) are more or less evenly split
Public and private customers
between three categories, public - 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400
operators, private operators and Exports
22% Launcher development programmes Private customers
sales to other companies in the Public customers
Operational launcher systems and parts
sector. It is interesting to note that Telecommunication systems
exports are almost exclusively com- European Earth Observation systems
posed of telecommunications sys- sales Navigation systems
tems. 78%
Science systems
Human Space infrastructure (ISS, ATV,)
Microgravity products (racks, experiments)
- 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500
EGSE, MGSE (test & support equipmt)
Sales to ESA Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
Sales to other European institutions (public) Services to industry (engineering, test, etc.)
Sales to Public institutions RoW Public customers Other & unknown
Sales to European private operators Private customers
Sales to Arianespace Commercial (private) customers represent, as a whole, 37% of
Sales Private satellite operators RoW industrys sales (2.2 B). They are composed mainly of private
Sales of equipment and parts RoW entities operating launchers or satellites, and as a result, their
Other/unknown customers purchases are concentrated on telecommunications systems and
operational launchers.
Final sales by Customer Institutional (public) customers
2009 2010
(Europe & Exports) M are those government funded
entities that pursue space pro-
Final sales 5 471.94 6 145.99
grammes. Private
Sales to ESA 1 841.45 2 106.47
customers
Sales to other European institutions (public) 950.57 1 145.77 They represent 63% of industry 37%
Public
Sales to European private operators 568.54 759.76 sales (3.8 B, in growth from customers
Sales to Arianespace 779.25 670.04 2009), and procure a wide vari- 63%
Other/unknown European customers 81.61 84.04 ety of systems, with the excep-
Sales to Public institutions RoW 399.57 541.11 tion of operational launcher
Sales Private satellite operators RoW 438.64 460.00 systems and parts
Sales of equipment and parts RoW 376.77 344.02
Other/unknown RoW customers 35.55 34.78

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 Final Sales by customer
European customers
2%
European customers are, historically, the first customers of the 14%
Sales to ESA
Sales to the European Commission
European industry, and they are still the most important, both from Sales to public satellite operators
procurement volume and diversity points of view. In this group, ESA 16% 44% Sales to other civil public agencies
Sales to military institutions
stands out as the main contributor to European industry revenues. Sales to private satellite operators
9% Sales to Arianespace
ESA, at 2.1 B, is the largest customer of industry in Europe in 2010. 12% Other sales of space products in the EU
Sales to ESA were in growth equally supported by increased output 2% 1%
from the scientific programmes of ESA (including Human space-
flight), and by increased output is related to Galileo activities.
ESA, as a technical agency, manages programmes of its own and
European customers details
2009 2010
programmes funded by third parties, such as Eumetsat (the Me- (M)
teosat programme) or the European Commission (The GMES senti- Final sales 5 471.94 6 145.99
nels, and Galileo procurement). These programmes are included in Sales to customers in the ESA+EU area 4 221.41 4 766.09
the ESA figure. ESA procures in the full spectrum of systems and Sales to ESA 1 841.45 2 106.47
technologies available today in Europe, and is the sole customer for Sales to the European Commission 24.04 22.90
Human spaceflight systems. ESA is by far the largest European insti- Sales to public satellite operators 59.35 111.90
tutional customer in all fields. Only in Earth observation systems, Sales to other civil public agencies 516.99 589.42
Sales to military institutions 350.18 421.55
where the strategic dimension translates into the heavier implica-
Sales to private satellite operators 568.54 759.76
tion of national programmes, other European institutional custom-
Sales to Arianespace 779.25 670.04
ers represent a sizeable market share.
Within institutional customers in Europe, military entities repre-
Sales to European institutions by system (M)
sent only 9% of final sales (420 M, in growth from 2009), but sales
of military systems are higher (834 M), as the procurement of 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
defence systems is often delegated to civil agencies (CNES, DLR
Launcher
e.g.), or to private entities with PPP schemes (Paradigm, Milsat,
Telecoms
e.g.).
Earth Observation
Navigation
Science
Final sales of military systems by Human Space infrastructure (ISS, ATV,)
2010
customer (M) Microgravity products ESA Other institutional
Civil public agencies (Europe) 152.85 EGSE, MGSE (test & support equipmt)
Europe
Military institutions (Europe) 380.93
Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
Private satellite operators (Europe) 108.14
Services to industry (engineering, test, etc.)
Other customers (Europe) 7.15
Military institutions (RoW) 33.19 Other & unknown
Private satellite operators (RoW) 134.23
Other customers (RoW) 17.67

Civil vs. military systems sales

European space industry products include military and civil systems. Civil system sales
are still the vast majority of sales (86%), but military systems sales were in growth in
Civil customers
50% 2010, at 834.2 M (+21%). This growth was mainly supported by ground system sales, to
50%
Military customers military European customers.
With the evolution of public procurement practices, and in particularly the transfer of
system ownership outside the public domain, the procurement of military systems is
now spread across a variety of actors. This is why the sales of military systems (834.2
14% M) exceed the value of sales to military institutions (487.9 M). Military systems are
mainly sold to Euro-
Civil systems (2010) Matrix of sales
pean customers
Military
Military systems (2010) (77%). Civil systems Total
systems
86%
Civil customers 5 238.1 420.0 5 658.1
Military customers 73.8 414.1 487.9
Total 5 311.8 834.2 6 146.0

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Overview
2009 vs 2010 sales (M) Final sales by type of system (M, current e.c.)*
4 000
0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 Satellite applications systems (ground stations incl.)
Launcher systems
Launcher Scientific systems
Support Activities
Total satellite applications Other/unkown
3 000
Total scientific programmes

Total ground systems and services 2009 2010

Other & unknown

2 000

The European space industry is active in all areas of satellite

applications, as well as in launcher and scientific programmes,
including human spaceflight. 1 000

Historically, European first ambitions in space were focused MEURO

on scientific satellites and launchers. These were the two
main areas of development of the industrial space sector in 0
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Europe.
With the gradual maturation of space technologies and sys-
* note that in long series ground systems are included in satellite applications systems. Thus
tems, satellite applications have become the main source of values appear higher than in tables. See page 19: Release notes
revenue for the European space industry, and the main driver
for business growth for the European industry, particularly Customer structure by system
within commercial markets for telecommunications systems.
However, in 2010 the increase of sales was supported equally All products and systems have different customer structures.
by growth in three market segments (in order of importance):
When considering exports and domestic markets, it is interesting to
Ground systems (particularly on military markets) note that exports are almost exclusively composed of telecommu-
Scientific systems nications systems sales. Nearly all other systems produced by the
Satellite applications systems (and more specifically navi- European industry are sold only to European customers.
gation and telecommunications systems) This said, only half of telecommunications systems produced by
European industry are exported, the rest
Final sales by customer nature and Launcher Satel li te Sci entific Ground Other/unkno are sold on the European market.
Total
type of system (M) systems appli cations s ystems systems wn system
From the perspective of the customer na-
Sales to ESA 331.51 704.71 814.78 243.68 11.80 2 106.47
Sales to other European institutions (public) 37.99 507.11 79.20 471.30 50.18 1 145.77 ture the situation is slightly different: com-
Sales to Public institutions RoW 4.34 418.94 54.24 52.21 11.38 541.11 mercial (private) customers procure both
Other/unknown European customers 22.39 20.31 8.78 15.68 16.87 84.04
telecommunications satellites and launcher
Sales to European private operators 0.02 724.31 - 35.22 0.22 759.76
Sales to Arianespace 641.22 - 6.42 17.47 4.93 670.04 systems. While institutional customers
Sales Private satellite operators RoW 0.01 451.25 0.59 8.10 0.05 460.00 procure all types of systems, except opera-
Sales of equipment and parts RoW 31.49 262.75 25.45 20.99 3.34 344.02
Other/unknown RoW customers 1.42 18.73 0.06 13.18 1.40 34.78
tional launcher systems that are exclusively
Total 1 070.38 3 108.10 989.52 877.82 100.17 6 145.99 procured by Arianespace in Europe.

European customers vs. Exports (M) Civil vs Military customers (M)

- 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 - 500 1 000 1 500 2 000

Launcher development programmes Launcher development programmes

Operational launcher systems and parts Operational launcher systems and parts
Telecommunication systems Telecommunication systems
Earth Observation systems Earth Observation systems
Navigation systems Navigation systems
Science systems Science systems
Civil customers
Human Space infrastructure (ISS, ATV,) European customers Human Space infrastructure (ISS, ATV,) Military customers
Microgravity products (racks, experiments) Exports Microgravity products (racks, experiments)
EGSE, MGSE (test & support equipmt) EGSE, MGSE (test & support equipmt)
Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL) Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
Services to industry (engineering, test, etc.)
Services to industry (engineering, test, etc.)
Other & unknown
Other & unknown

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 Final Sales by system
Satellite applications systems

Satellite applications systems (M, current e.c.)*

Satellite applications systems are the main source of in- 3 000
Telecommunications systems & parts
come for the European industry (3.1 B i.e. 50% of final Earth Observation systems & parts
sales), and is the main domain of exports (with 1.13 B). The Navigation systems & parts

two most important segments in terms of income are tele-

communications (far beyond the two other ones) and Earth 2 000
observation. Within satellite applications, positioning & navi-
gation is the segment with less export sales, it is today lim-
ited to institutional customers in Europe.

1 000
Telecommunications systems (e.g. Hylas, Globalstar, Eutel-
sat W3) are the source of nearly two thirds of the whole Navigation:
satellite applications revenue. Telecommunications systems n.a. prior to 1999
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are more easily exported than other systems, and in 2010

their exported value exceeded that of European sales. Tele- -
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communications systems sales exhibit an obvious cyclical
evolution over time.
* note that in long series ground systems are included in satellite applications systems. Thus
Main customers for telecommunications systems are private satel- values appear higher than in tables. See page 19: Release notes
lite operators worldwide (1.2 B) while public institutions repre-
sent almost 600 M. The 1.2 B of commercial sales are evenly European sales vs Exports (M)
distributed between European customers and exports (the latter
include a good share of satellite payloads, equipment and parts - 500 1 000 1 500

sold to non European companies). Telecommunication systems

Public satellite operators are the main export customers.
Earth Observation systems European Exports
customers
Navigation systems
Earth Observation systems includes both satellite systems (e.g.
GMES Sentinels, Helios, Cosmo-Pleiades) and preparatory work
(e.g. EOPP). The vast majority of Earth observation systems sales
are with institutional customers, mostly in Europe.
Private vs. Public customers (M)
- 500 1 000 1 500

Navigation/localisation systems, whereas the less important satel- Telecommunication systems

lite application in value, it is gaining importance since a few years
Earth Observation systems Private customers
due to the ESA/EC EGNOS and Galileo programmes. Despite a
Public customers
rather important drop between 2008 and 2009, sales in this area Navigation systems
are taking up in 2010 with the roll out of Galileo .

European institutional market (M)

European customers vs Exports
Europe Exports
(M) - 500 1 000

Telecommunication systems 897.02 961.68

Telecommunication systems
Earth Observation systems 736.94 151.20
Navigation systems 322.48 38.79 Earth Observation systems ESA
Total 1 956.43 1 151.67 Navigation systems Other institutional Europe

Private vs. public customers Pri vate Public

(M) customers customers Commercial and export market (M)
Telecommunication systems 1 301.61 540.11 - 500 1 000
Earth Observation systems 101.12 776.43
Navigation systems 35.57 314.22 Telecommunication systems
Total (unknown customers not incl: 39.04M) 1 438.30 1 630.76
Earth Observation systems Private customers in Europe

Navigation systems All customers RoW (exports)

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 Final Sales by system
Launcher systems
Launcher activities include all operational launch system
production and all launcher development and consolidation
Launcher sales (M, current e.c.)
activities funded mainly by ESA. The trend on this segment
2 000
of business is flat to decreasing. Launcher Development activities
The customers for launcher systems are almost exclusively Launcher Operational systems & parts
European. Launcher development revenues are mainly
funded by ESA.
The European space industry produces the Ariane system
operated by Arianespace. Ariane is the preferred choice of
launcher for commercial customers worldwide (see below 1 000
and page 15).
Launcher programmes include two very different, but com-
plementary market segments:
(1) Operational launcher systems: the space industry pro-
MEURO

duces and integrates the Ariane launch system for Ari-

anespace. This is strictly a domestic market, although Ari- -
anespace services are sold to customers worldwide. The
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industry production capability is limited by the current in-
dustrial structures to a maximum of 7-8 units a year.
Industry also exports launcher parts (e.g. fairings, nozzles)
that are integrated to non European launchers (e.g. Atlas, H2). This The share of development programmes has been decreasing since
export market is limited (2% of the total launcher sales). the early nineties, posing a challenge for the preservation of com-
(2) Launcher development: development programmes are funded petences.
almost exclusively by ESA, they aim at preparing the future (e.g.
FLPP, Vega) or at consolidating and improving existing technology
(e.g. ARTA, VERTA). The current level of expenditure (slightly above 2009 vs. 2010 (M)
300 M/year in average) includes activities related to the consolida-
- 250 500 750 1 000
tion and evolution of the Ariane 5 system, and development activi-
ties for the small European launcher: Vega. Launcher development 2009 2010
programmes
Launcher business is not expected to grow in the next few years due Operational launcher systems and
to the absence of development plans for new launchers in Europe. A parts
potential growth is expected from the start of Vega operations
(maiden flight planned in 2011). Another important milestone for European institutional market (M)
the launcher industry will be the qualification of Ariane 5 ME with
the ECB/Vinci upper stage. - 250 500 750

Launcher development
programmes
Satellites launched by Ariane, by customer Operational launcher systems and
ESA
Other institutional Europe
parts
14
European customers

12 Export customers
European vs Export customers (M)
10 - 250 500 750
Exports
Launcher development European customers
8 programmes
Operational launcher systems and
6 parts

4
Private vs. public customers (M)
2 - 250 500 750
Private customers
Launcher development Public customers
0 programmes
Operational launcher systems and
parts

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 Final Sales by system
Scientific systems
Scientific systems sales (M, current e.c.) European vs export markets (M)
600 - 500 1 000

Science systems
500
Human Space infrastructure
(ISS, ATV,) European Exports
Microgravity products customers
400 (racks, experiments)

300

200
European institutional market (M)
Microgravity: ISS and Human spaceflight progs
n.a. prior to 1996 Science - 500 1 000
Microgravity
100
Science systems
MEURO

Human Space infrastructure

(ISS, ATV,) ESA
-
Microgravity products Other institutional Europe
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(racks, experiments)

Scientific programmes are the promoted almost exclusively by insti- systems such as ATV and the Cupola, are included here). Within
tutional European entities, at the forefront of which is ESA. Three this market segment, as in launchers, the trend is decrease or
different types of programmes are included in this category : stability at best. This line of business is almost single-handedly
Science programmes: design, development and production of driven by ESA at European level.
spacecrafts often with unique features for science programmes, Microgravity programmes: this is a small and specific area of
answering the requirements of various scientific missions. This business consisting mainly in the development of experiments
business segment is mainly supported by ESA programmes com- (often in racks) to be performed in microgravity environment,
plemented by national programmes. either aboard the space station, with sounding rockets or in drop
ISS and Human spaceflight programmes: they include systems towers. This segment is by far the most confidential within the
mostly relevant to the ISS development and operations (sales of scientific programmes.

Ground systems 2009 vs. 2010 (M)

This product category was introduced
with the new methodology in 2010,
there are no long series associated.
It aims at clearly identifying three spe-
cific market segments of the space
sector that are not relevant to space
systems strictly speaking, but are still in
the core competences of the space
manufacturing sector.
In 2010 half of space industrys busi-
ness growth was associated to Ground
systems segment. This growth was
driven mainly by Ground stations sales
(mostly to military customers) and by
Engineering services.
* Note that all consumer-end ground sta-
tions sales (e.g. VSAT terminals, GPS hand-
helds, TV antenna etc.) are not included in
Eurospace figures.
- 250 500 750
EGSE/MGSE: this category includes
all electrical and mechanical sup- EGSE, MGSE (test & support 2009
equipmt)
port equipment for manufacturing 2010
Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
and testing of space systems in Services to industry
development and manufacturing (engineering, test, etc.)
processes.
Civil vs. military customers (M)
Ground stations*: the category
includes all large professional - 250 500
Civil customers
ground stations for data downlink, EGSE, MGSE (test & support
equipmt) Military customers
TT&C, control centre hardware and
Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
software, and a control centre op-
Services to industry
erations. (engineering, test, etc.)
Services to industry: this category
European vs. exports markets (M)
includes the provision of services in
- 250 500
engineering, test and operations, to
European customers
EGSE, MGSE (test & support
industries and agencies alike. Exports
equipmt)
Ground stations (TT&C, UL/DL)
Services to industry
(engineering, test, etc.)

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 European spacecraft deliveries
Customer region Customer Spacecraft Mass (kg)
European spacecraft launched in 2010 Europe (EU & ESA) Avanti HYLAS 1* 2570
CNES Picard 100
DLR TanDEM-X (TDX) 1340
The European satellite industry was involved in the production of
ESA CryoSat 2 720
28 spacecraft launched in 2010: Cupola 1805
26 were built on a European platform and flew a European Node 3 (Tranquility) 15500
payload (fully European systems) Eutelsat Eutelsat W3B 5370
KA-SAT 6150
2 were built on a non European platform and flew a European MilSat COMSATBw 2 2500
payload (HYLAS-1 and Koreasat 6). MoD (I) Cosmo / Skymed-4 1750
1 was built on a European platform and flew a non European SES Astra 3B 5472
SNSB PRISMA Main (Mango) 140
payload (COMS 1/Chollian).
PRISMA Target (Tango) 40
The full 2010 list can be seen on the right. SUPSI-DTI TIsat 1 1
Customers in bold & underlined are public institutions, the others North America Globalstar Globalstar 73 650
are commercial customers. Some of these programmes were man- Globalstar 74 650
Globalstar 75 650
aged in PPP (public-private partnership) between private entities
Globalstar 76 650
and public institutions (such as Comsat BW and Hylas). They were
Globalstar 77 650
categorised according to the type of customers for the service. Globalstar 79 650
NASA MPLM 1-07 (Leonardo F7) 12371
Midd.East and N. Africa Arabsat Arabsat 5A 4939
Quantitative spacecraft mass series Arabsat 5B / Badr 5 5240
ASAL AlSat 2A 116
In the graphs below we present historic series of European space-
Nilesat Nilesat 201 3200
craft at year of launch. These series are presented in mass
Asia Pacific KARI COMS 1 / Chollian** 2460
(spacecraft mass at launch, tons) . Spacecraft mass is an imperfect KT Koreasat 6 (Mugungwha 6)* 2622
indicator of spacecraft value, it is however quite correlated with Subsahara Africa RASCOM RASCOM-QAF 1R 3200
industry revenues (as shown below). * European payload only **European platform only

European spacecraft sales, mass & value Institutional vs. Commercial spacecraft
It is interesting to note that industry revenues related to spacecraft 70
sales are correlated with the spacecraft mass measured at date of 60 Institutional customers
launch. This particularly true for commercial and export systems 50 Commercial customers
(mostly geostationary telecommunications systems), but is visible 40
also on institutional sales pattern. 30
20

tons Commercial and export customers (tons) M 10

European institutional customers (tons) tons
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70 3000
Sales to European institutions (M)
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2010
Commercial and export sales (M)
60 2500

50 Historically, European spacecraft were sold exclusively to institu-

2000 tions (and all of them in Europe) with ESA, National agencies and
40 Eumetsat being the main customers. The first commercial custom-
1500 ers for European spacecraft were also European, but they were
30 soon joined by export customers.
1000
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European customers vs Exports
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50 Other customers (Exports)

40
Definitions 30

Commercial and export customers: all private entities, plus 20

public entities procuring internationally. Are included all satel- 10

tons
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lite operators (Eutelsat, Arabsat, Intelsat etc.).
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European Institutional customers: all public institutions in

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 Ariane launches
Ariane 5 launches of 2010 Ariane launches vs industry revenues (M)
16 1200
Ariane launches Ariane 5 M
Launch date and spacecraft mass In 2010 the European Ariane 4
14 Industry sales to Arianespace (M)
(tons) launcher industry deliv- 1000
21/05/2010 8.0 ered six Ariane-5 systems 12
Astra 3B 5.5 for launch by Ari- 800
COMSATBw 2 2.5 anespace. 10
26/06/2010 7.4
The launchers were used 8 600
Arabsat 5A 4.9
to loft 11 geostationary
COMS 1 / Chol lian 2.5
telecommunications sat- 6
04/08/2010 6.4 400
Ni lesat 201 3.2
ellites and one meteoro-
4
RASCOM-QAF 1R 3.2 logical satellite. All were
200
28/10/2010 7.4 successfully inserted in 2
BSat 3b 2.1 geostationary transfer
orbit. 0 0
Eutel sat W3B 5.4
26/11/2010 8.1 The total mass launched
HYLAS 1 2.6 by Ariane 5 in 2010 was
Intelsat 17 5.5
45 tons, for 6 dual satel-
29/12/2010 7.9
lite launches. The average
Hi spasat 1E 5.3
Koreasat 6 (Mugungwha 6) 2.6
mass launched by Ariane Ariane launched mass by orbit (tons)
5 in 2010 was 7.5 tons.
Total launched by A5 in 2010 45.2
60
Geostationary

Industry sales to Arianespace 50 Other orbits

40
The value of industry sales to Arianespace is correlated to
the number of launchers delivered to Arianespace in a given
30
year. However not all systems are launched in the year of
delivery; industry revenues from Arianespace also include a
20
share of services provided at Kourou for launcher integra-
tion and launcher operationsthus the profiles of launches
and payments are not perfectly aligned. The graph (top 10

right) shows that, in average, Ariane 5 is more expensive

than Ariane 4. This is due to the fact that the two systems 0
are very different, with Ariane 5 offering a much greater
(more than double) launch capacity than its predecessor.

Ariane system users Ariane launched mass by customer (tons)

60
Between 1991 and 2010, a total of 170 Ariane launchers
were delivered for launch in Kourou. 107 were Ariane 4 sys- 50
European institutional customers
Other customers
tems, and 63 were Ariane 5 systems. The Ariane system has
been used mainly to launch spacecraft in geostationary or- 40
bit, although on occasions it was used to serve other orbits.
The Ariane system has been used mainly by commercial
30
customers. European institutional customers (ESA, Eumetsat
and national Agencies in Europe) are not the main custom-
20
ers of the Ariane system.
It is interesting to note that only European institutional cus-
tomers have used Ariane for non geostationary destinations, 10

such as the ATV launch of 2008 (in low Earth orbit). Of

course European institutional customers also used Ariane for 0
geostationary launches (e.g. Syracuse 3A in 2005).

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 Methodology & Definitions
Introduction to the survey Data Collection Consolidation Model
In June 2011 Eurospace, the association of The data collection is supported by compa- In the Space sector, as with many other indus-
European space manufacturing industry, is- nies with space activities operating in Europe trial sectors, the delivery of a complex system
sued the annual update of its Facts & Figures (not limited to Eurospace membership). Com- involves the participation of a large number
statistical series. This is the 15th edition of the panies answer a questionnaire providing de- of companies at various stages of the devel-
survey. tailed information on their sales and employ- opment and production processes. This trans-
ment relevant to space systems design, devel- lates into a complex contractual chain, where
Since its inception, the statistical collection
opment and manufacturing. All information one prime contractor signs with the customer
aims at measuring the value of the market
released to Eurospace is protected by a confi- and then divides the work among itself and
for space systems design, development and
dentiality agreement. The quality of the sur- many subcontractors.
production in Europe (i.e. the space industry
vey is only as good as the data provided by
manufacturing activity). Space systems are
participating companies. The need for consolidation
defined in detail (see products definitions)
When considering the revenues generated
in order to ensure an appropriate data collec- Most companies in the space manufacturing
within the whole supply chain by the produc-
tion and to avoid misinterpretation of the sector have participated at least once to Euro-
tion of one space system, with the mecha-
data sets. space survey in the past. The main players
nism of subcontracts the cumulated value of
(companies with more than 100 space em-
This statistical effort is supported by two all contracts exceeds the value of the system
ployees) usually support the survey on a very
main driving principles: itself. This is due to the fact that without con-
regular basis, while smaller players may only
solidation, some subcontracts are counted
The focus on manufacturing activities support the survey sporadically. When a reply
twice.
(with the exclusion of all services related is missing from a company, it is supplemented
to the exploitation of space systems: by an estimate based on a previous reply Within a given perimeter, the consolidation of
launch services and satellite operations). received from that company, and/or publicly sales can be done in two ways: either by
Service activities associated to the manu- available information on the company. measuring the consolidated sales at company
facturing process of space systems (such level (total sales minus the value of subcon-
The space manufacturing sector in Europe is
as engineering and test services, consul- tracts), either by measuring the final sales at
at the same time very fragmented and very
tancies etc.) are included in the perimeter company level (total sales minus inter-sector
concentrated. The 30 largest space units in
of the survey. A share of ground systems sales, relevant to subcontracted work).
Europe make for almost 80% of total employ-
operations are included also, when they Within a given perimeter the value of consoli-
ment of the sector. The remaining smaller
are performed for Space agencies in dated sales and final sales are identical.
players representing barely 20% of employ-
Europe.
ment. It is also interesting to note that all Methodological update in 2010
The effort to measure the value of the smaller players work almost exclusively as
end-market, with the elimination of all Initially, the Eurospace survey was based on
subcontractors to the largest players.
inter-sectoral business that could be a methodology focusing on measuring the
counted twice or more. From a statistical point of view, this means consolidated sales (i.e. the value of sales,
that an efficient data collection shall focus on minus the value of purchases within the sec-
Perimeter of the survey collecting at least the main replies (the large tor). In 2010 Eurospace implemented a new
The Eurospace facts & figures survey focuses players, and particularly the prime contrac- methodology based on the accurate measure
on measuring the economic value of indus- tors) that will provide a good assessment of of final sales, including the identification of
trial activities associated to the design, devel- final sales. Collecting additional replies from sales to other companies in the sector (not
opment and manufacturing of space systems increasingly smaller players, adds a layer of provided before). This methodological update
(also called the upstream sector) in Europe. detail to the survey and increases marginally was required because there were growing
the measurement of employment; but does uncertainties with the data consolidation
It does not consider non-space products (such
not affect the overall value of final sales and activities, due to missing, inaccurate or in-
as missiles or consumer-end terminals such as
has a marginal economic impact. complete returns, particularly with regard to
GPS receivers, Satellite TV receivers and
the measure of purchases within the appro-
dishes, etc.) nor the provision of services
based on the exploitation of space assets.
Deflators priate perimeter.

This means that the revenues and employ-
ment of such companies as: Eutelsat, Para-
digm, Inmarsat, Arianespace, SES Global, and
other operators are not included in the pe-
rimeter of the survey.
Series in constant 2010 economic conditions
(1991-2010) were produced by applying OECD
EU27 production price index deflators.
All efforts have been made to preserve full
data consistency throughout historic series,
and the objective was achieved at the ex-
pense of corrections applied to previous
years data sets. These corrections have been
rather minor.

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 Methodology & Definitions
Space systems and related products considered in the survey
Eurospace survey is product oriented, i.e. it measures sales of well
identified products: space systems. Space systems are organised in
three different categories: launcher systems and parts, spacecraft
systems and parts, ground systems and parts. Each product/system
category is split in relevant subcategories.
Ground systems (and related services)
Ground systems include those equipment and services not destined
to leave the Earth atmosphere that are nonetheless associated to
space systems development and production as well as mission opera-
tions and support. They include:

Launcher systems Specific manufacturing, integration and test equipment used by

The category only considers space launchers, all missile activity is space companies (such as EGSE, MGSE, test benches....).
excluded from the perimeter of the survey. Launcher systems are Professional ground stations (for TT&C and Upload/Download
further split between operational launcher systems and parts (sold to operations) and ground control centres.
launcher integrators and to launch services operators) and launcher Engineering, consultancy and other services to industry (including
development activities (funded by space agencies, so far).
control station operations for ESA)

Spacecraft/satellite systems
The category includes all items destined to leave the
Earth atmosphere and operate in space, either to deliver
operational services in Earth orbit (satellite applications
systems), either in to perform scientific mission in Earth
orbit and beyond (scientific systems).

Satellite applications include: telecommunications

systems, Earth observation systems (including mete-
orology) and navigation systems (e.g. Galileo)
Scientific systems include: science programmes (such
as Gaia, Venus Express), human infrastructure pro-
grammes (such as ISS contributions and ATV), and
microgravity equipment (racks and experiment mod-
ules to perform microgravity experiments aboard the
ISS and other microgravity environments).

Sector concentration: employment in space units, employment by unit and cumulated %

The European space sector is at the same time very con- The average space unit size is 171 employees. There
centrated and highly fragmented. As a result, it is com- are 39 space units with more than 171 employees, and
posed of a small number of rather large space units 159 space units with less than 171 employees.
(notably at Astrium, Thales Alenia Space and Snecma) and a
quite extensive number of very small space units.
5000 100%
Are worth noting:
4500 90%
The 10 largest space units in Europe represent 18356 4000 80%
direct employees, i.e. 54% of total 3500 Employment Space (direct) 70%
3000 Cumulated (%) 60%
The 20 largest space units in Europe represent 23283
2500 50%
direct employees, i.e. 68% of total. each bar represents the employment in one space unit
2000 40%
The 30 largest space units represent 26242 employees, 1500 (e.g. TAS-Italy, EREMS, Selex Galileo UK...) 30%
i.e. 78% of total. All smaller space units have employ- 1000 20%
ment of less than 250. 500 10%
The 100 smaller space units represent a total of 1350 0 0%
direct employees, i.e. an average of 13.5 employees
per unit.

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 Survey information
Eurospace economic model

The Eurospace facts & figures economic model included 199 companies in 2010.
The companies listed below are those having provided updated sales and employment information for the year 2010. The regular contribu-
tion of major space players in Europe ensures the accuracy of Eurospace facts & figures economic assessment of European space manufactur-
ing activity.
For all other companies, proxy data was used in the model. Proxy data is elaborated using information provided in previous years (when avail-
able) and/or information available from public sources, mainly the European Space Directory and company websites.

2011 Survey statistics: questionnaire return rate in % of units, sales, employment

Final sales Space
Survey statistics Nb of units
(M) Employment
The survey rate of return, measured in number of
Number of space units in the model 199 6 145.5 34 334.3
units is close to 50%. Measured in % of final sales it is
Questionnaires returned 94 5 961.0 31 031.0
97% and measured in % of space employment it is Proxies 105 184.5 3 303.4
90%. Survey representativeness 47% 97% 90%

Companies having supported the survey in 2011

Austria Germany Norway

Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik Astrium Satellites EIDEL
RUAG Space Astrium Space Transportation Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
Azur Space Solar Power Norspace
Belgium Kayser-Threde
Antwerp Space HE Space Operations Portugal
Centre Spatial de Lige IABG Critical Software
QinetiQ Space MT Aerospace
RHEA OHB System
Spain
S.A.B.C.A. Serco Services ALTER Technology Group
SONACA Thales CRISA
Spacebel Tesat Spacecom EADS CASA Espacio
Thales Alenia Space ETCA VCS Aktiengesellschaft Iberica del Espacio
VEGA Space Inasmet Tecnalia
Denmark Indra Espacio
Terma Ireland GMV
Ticra Farran Technology INSA
NUMA Engineering Services SENER Ingeniera y Sistemas
Finland Thales Alenia Space Espaa
Patria Italy
Space Systems Finland Advanced Computer Systems Sweden
Modulight AVIO Aeroflex Gaisler
Carlo Gavazzi Space RUAG Space
France Intecs Swedish Space Corporation
Astrium Satellites IRCA div. RICA Volvo Aero
Astrium Space Transportation SELEX Galileo
CS Communication & Systmes Serco Italia
Switzerland
EREMS SITAEL Aerospace CSEM
Europropulsion Space Software Italia RUAG Space
MAP Tecnomare SpectraTime
SAFT Telespazio Syderal
SESO
Snecma
Thales Alenia Space Italia United Kingdom
Snecma Propulsion Solide The Netherland ALTER Technology Group
Sodern Cosine Astrium Satellites
Sofradir Dutch Space COM DEV Europe
STEEL Electronique HE Space Holding ESR Technology
Thales NLR Logica
Thales Alenia Space France QinetiQ
VEGA Space SELEX Galileo
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
VEGA Space

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 Survey release notes
Release notes
Long series information Perimeter changes in 2010
Long series are built by compiling data collected with two different When a new company is included or removed from the economic
methodologies. model we call this a perimeter change. Perimeter changes have an
From 1991 to 1995 only a few types of customers and products were impact on figures since they may introduce a discontinuity with previ-
considered. In 1996 the customer and products list were gradually ous years. The details (and orders of magnitude) of these changes are
expanded in order to provide additional details. The following catego- provided below.
ries were introduced: Switzerland: Mecanex and HTS are now consolidated in RUAG.
For customers: Space Units removed from Model. No impact on figures. RUAG
The European Commission (in 1996) changed segment, from launcher segment to spacecraft segment
(impact 500 FTE in launcher segment, +500 in spacecraft seg-
Eumetsat (in 2002)
ment).
Civil multilateral programmes (from 2002 to 2008, now discontin-
ued - before the data was included in National civil programmes)
France (1): correct allocation of Thales employment by geographi-
cal location: Impact -250 FTE (moved to Germany).
Private satellite operators, other commercial satellites and parts,
Arianespace, and other launcher salesbefore the data was bun- France (2): Two new companies added to model: MAP and STEEL
dled into one single category: commercial and exports Electronique. Modest impact on employment +55 FTE.

For products:
Navigation systems (in 1996) - before the data was included in
telecommunications
Launcher development and Operational launcher systems (in
1996) - before all launcher activities were bundled together
About ground systems and services:
Before 2009, all sales of professional ground stations (TT&C and
data stations, control centres) and related services (such as
ground segment operations) were included in the associated
product category (telecoms, science, Earth Observation, etc.)
A major methodological update was performed in 2009, that en-
tailed some changes in the data series, and in particular:
Military system sales are counted separately from military cus-
tomers sales
All ground segment activities are clearly separated from the rest,
this includes the sales of professional stations and control centre
operations, as well a services to industry
In all long series, the data is harmonised to ensure continuity
Germany: New Space Unit added to model: Thales Germany, cor-
rect allocation of Thales employment by geographical location:
Impact +250 FTE.
The Netherland: Three new companies added to model: Cosine
BV, NLR and HE Space Holding BV. Significant impact on employ-
ment +180 FTE.
United Kingdom: Two new space units added to model: ESR Tech-
nology Ltd and Selex Galileo Ltd. Modest impact on employment:
+30 FTE.
2008 data correction: launcher sales
Launcher sales values of 2008 have been corrected by 150 Meuro;
this impacts on Final sales value of 2008, and also other launcher
related values. Correction justification: consolidation error.
2009 data correction: employment
2009 figures updated: retroactive correction of values based on
inputs received in 2011. Notable impact on France (+1000 em-
ployees) and on UK (+103 employees). Correction justification:
Model error (France), redeployment of employees by work loca-
tion (UK).

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 Credits
Eurospace facts and figures is an annual survey by Eurospace.

Survey management, survey tools, economic model, report and layout:

Pierre Lionnet (Eurospace)

Transition to new methodology and additional programming (14th edition):

Paul Andr Perrier

Additional programming (15th edition):

Sebastien Moranta (Eurospace)

The survey is supported and monitored by Eurospace Space Industry Markets

Working Group chaired by Norbert Deutscher (Astrium)

The survey would not be possible without the kind cooperation of participating
companies (see list inside).

To all contributors: Thank you for your support!

Photo credits: copyright by NASA - European Space Agency astronaut Paolo

Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer, is pictured in a window of the Cupola of
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