Satellite Attitude and Orbit Control System Market Report 2025

This satellite attitude and orbit control system market report delivers an in-depth analysis of the market’s key characteristics, including size, growth potential, and segmentation. It provides a detailed breakdown of the market across major regions and leading countries, highlighting historical data and future growth projections. The report also examines the competitive landscape, market share insights, emerging trends, and strategic developments shaping the market.

The satellite attitude and orbit control system market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $2.9 billion in 2024 to $3.44 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing investment in space exploration and satellites, rising number of cubesats and nanosatellites, and rising demand for weather monitoring and earth observation data.

The satellite attitude and orbit control system market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $6.75 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rising demand for satellite miniaturization, increasing use of satellites for various telecommunication services, increasing adoption of communication satellites, rising demand for imaging services, and surge in the number of small satellites being deployed in low earth orbit (LEO). Major trends in the forecast period include active magnetic control systems, cloud-based control systems, and innovations in ground control technology.

The growing adoption of communication satellites is expected to drive the expansion of the satellite attitude and orbit control systems market in the future. Communication satellites, which relay and amplify radio telecommunications signals globally, are essential for various services such as television broadcasts, telephone calls, internet connectivity, and military communications. Their adoption is driven by their ability to provide global coverage, facilitate long-distance communication, support broadcasting, and enable rapid deployment. The attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) is crucial for the effective operation of these satellites. It ensures that the satellite maintains the correct orientation and orbit, allowing it to consistently transmit and receive signals, properly align solar panels for power, and remain in its designated orbital position. For example, in May 2023, Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a Lithuania-based small satellite manufacturer, reported that communication satellites account for 3,135 of the total satellites in Earth orbit, or 80% of the total, including those used for earth observation, technology development, navigation, and space science. Consequently, the growing use of communication satellites is fueling the growth of the satellite attitude and orbit control systems market.

Major companies in the satellite attitude and orbit control systems market are concentrating on developing cutting-edge solutions, such as the orbital insertion of demonstration satellites, to enhance satellite positioning accuracy, improve maneuverability, and extend satellite lifespans. Demonstration satellites are specifically designed to test and showcase new technologies, systems, or methodologies in space, serving as a platform to validate innovations before they are used in operational missions. For example, in March 2024, Axelspace Corporation, a Japan-based space venture company, successfully launched and inserted the PYXIS demonstration satellite into orbit. PYXIS was positioned in a sun-synchronous orbit 500 to 600 kilometers above Earth's surface using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, as part of the Transporter-10 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

In August 2024, CubeSpace, a South Africa-based manufacturer of small satellite attitude determination and control systems (ADCS), acquired Dawn Aerospace for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition is aimed at advancing satellite technology by equipping small satellites with state-of-the-art ADCS. Dawn Aerospace, based in New Zealand, specializes in satellite attitude and orbit control systems.

Major companies operating in the satellite attitude and orbit control system market are Maxar Technologies Inc., The Lockheed Martin Corporation, Airbus SE, Honeywell International Inc., BAE Systems PLC, Thales Group, Safran SA, ViaSat Inc., Moog Inc., OHB System AG, Rocket Lab USA Inc., Millennium Space Systems Inc., GomSpace A/S, NanoAvionics LLC, Blue Canyon Technologies LLC, Jena-Optronik GmbH, AAC Clyde Space, Sener Aeronautica S.A., NewSpace Systems Pty Ltd., NGC Aerospace Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the satellite attitude and orbit control system market in 2023. The regions covered in the satellite attitude and orbit control system market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the satellite attitude and orbit control system market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

A satellite attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) is a system that helps keep a satellite in the right position and path in space. They maintain orientation, orbit adjustment, stabilization, maneuvering, and mission execution. The satellite attitude and orbit control system (AOCS) ensures that the satellite remains in its desired orbit and orientation to carry out its mission effectively, whether that's Earth observation, communication, scientific research, or other purposes.

The main types of satellite attitude and orbit control systems are attitude control systems and orbit control systems. The attitude control system (ACS) encompasses the mechanisms and algorithms used to control the orientation and stabilization of a satellite in space. The various orbit class is geosynchronous orbit (geo), low earth orbit (LEO), medium earth orbit (MEO) with multiple satellite masses such as 10-100 kilogram (kg), 100-500 kilogram (kg), 500-1000 kilogram (kg), below 10 kilograms (kg), above 1000 kilogram (kg). These are used in various applications such as aviation and defense, transportation, and others, and also by various end-users such as commercial, military, and government, others.

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The satellite attitude and orbit control system market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as precision pointing, orbit maintenance, and stabilization services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The satellite attitude and orbit control system market also includes sales of gyroscopes, thrusters, star trackers, sun sensors, and inertial measurement units (IMUs). Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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