- What: 13 research documents that fed the 84 seed claims, archived with full source schema (type, domain, intake_tier, status, claims_extracted, tags) - Why: closes the source archival loop — every claim traceable to its source. Covers: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Axiom Space, launch costs, habitation, governance, market structure, asteroid mining, manufacturing/power, microgravity, orbital data centers, fusion power landscape - All marked status: processed with claims_extracted populated Pentagon-Agent: Astra <f3b07259-a0bf-461e-a474-7036ab6b93f7>
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type: source
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title: "Current Space Economy and Market Structure (2024-2026)"
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author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
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url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-economy-market-2026-02-17.md
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date: 2026-02-17
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domain: space-development
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intake_tier: research-task
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rationale: "Market structure analysis — current space economy size, growth trajectory, key companies, competitive dynamics, and the path to trillion-dollar scale"
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proposed_by: "Astra"
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format: report
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status: processed
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processed_by: astra
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processed_date: 2026-03-25
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claims_extracted:
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- "LEO satellite internet is the defining battleground of the space economy with Starlink 5 years ahead and only 3-4 mega-constellations viable"
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- "the space economy reached 613 billion in 2024 and is converging on 1 trillion by 2032 making it a major global industry not a speculative frontier"
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- "in-space manufacturing market projected at 62 billion by 2040 with the overall space economy reaching 1-2 trillion"
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- "the 30-year space economy attractor state is a cislunar industrial system with propellant networks lunar ISRU orbital manufacturing and partial life support closure"
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tags: [space-economy, market-structure, starlink, cislunar, trillion-dollar]
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# Current Space Economy and Market Structure (2024-2026)
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Research synthesis on the current state and trajectory of the commercial space economy. Market size ($613B in 2024), growth projections toward $1T by 2032, competitive landscape across launch/broadband/manufacturing/tourism segments, Starlink's dominant position, and the 30-year attractor state for cislunar industrial development.
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See original file for full content.
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