1.Development of Space Exploration 
2.Business Opportunities in the Space Market 
2.1 Satellite Placed in Different Orbits for Different Missions 
2.1.1 Low Earth Orbit Satellite 
2.1.2. Medium Earth Orbit Satellite 
2.1.3. High Earth Orbit Satellite 
2.2 International Space Companies Aggressively Deploy Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems 
2.3 Satellites and Ground Station Communications Systems to Develop Side by Side 
2.4 Low Earth Orbit Satellites to Drive Global Space Industry Development 
2.4.1 A Sharp Increase in Low Earth Orbit Satellites Launched into Space 
2.4.2 Steady Growth in Global Space Industry Value 
2.4.3 Satellite Communications Services and Ground Station Equipment Take Largest Share 
2.4.4 Construction Costs and Operations of SpaceX Starlink 
3. Space Industry Development Highlights 
3.1 Challenges in Satellite Design and Manufacturing 
3.1.1 Adaption to Extreme Temperature Changes 
3.1.2 Extremely High Power Efficiency 
3.1.3 Resistance to Intense Solar and Cosmic Radiation 
3.1.4 Special Power-off System 
3.1.5 High Reliability 
3.2 The Global Space Industry Value Chain 
3.3 The Taiwanese Space Industry Value Chain 
3.4. Key Components of Ground Station Equipment 
4. MIC Perspective 
Appendix 
List of Companies 
 

Development of the space industry, touching on the development of low-, medium-, and high-earth orbit satellite, especially low earth orbit satellite systems.

Development highlights of the space industry, touching on challenges arising from design and manufacturing, key players in the global and Taiwan’s upstream, midstream, and downstream space industry supply chains, as well as Taiwan’s network communications upstream, midstream, and downstream industry supply chains.  

Figure 1 Types of Satellites in Different Orbits 
Figure 2 Deployment Roadmap of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations 
Figure 3 Use Cases for Low Earth Orbit Satellites Integrated with 5G 
Figure 4 Number of Satellites Launched into Space between 2016 and 2025 
Figure 5 Space Industry Value between 2016 and 2025 
Figure 6 Scope of the Global Space Industry 
Figure 7 Scope of Satellite Communications Services and Ground Station Equipment (2018 and 2025) 
Figure 8 The Global Space Industry Value Chain (Low Earth Orbit Satellites) 
Figure 9 The Taiwanese Space Industry Value Chain (Communications Satellites) 
Figure 10 Key Components of Satellites 
Figure 11 Communications between Satellites and Ground Stations 
Figure 12 Communications Devices and Features
Figure 13 The Taiwanese Network Communications Industry Value Chain 

Table 1 Number of Low Earth Orbit Satellites Planned by US and European Space Companies