Table of Contents
1 Introduction (Page No. – 13)
1.1 Study Objectives
1.2 Definition
1.3 Study Scope
1.3.1 Markets Covered
1.4 Years Considered
1.5 Currency
1.6 Stakeholders
2 Research Methodology (Page No. – 16)
2.1 Research Data
2.1.1 Secondary Data
2.1.1.1 Data From Secondary Sources
2.1.2 Primary Data
2.1.2.1 Breakdown of Primaries
2.1.2.2 Key Data From Primary Sources
2.1.2.3 Key Industry Insights
2.2 Market Size Estimation
2.2.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.2.1.1 Approach for Capturing Market Size By Bottom-Up Analysis (Demand Side)
2.2.2 Top-Down Approach
2.2.2.1 Approach for Capturing Market Size By Top-Down Analysis (Supply Side)
2.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
2.4 Research Assumptions
3 Executive Summary (Page No. – 25)
4 Premium Insights (Page No. – 28)
4.1 Space Mining Market, 2018–2025
4.2 Space Mining Market, By Type of Asteroid
4.3 Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase, By Component
4.4 Space Mining Market: Geographic Snapshot for 2025
5 Market Overview (Page No. – 30)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Market Dynamics
5.2.1 Drivers
5.2.1.1 Ongoing and Impending Space Mining Missions
5.2.1.2 Increasing Investments and Government Initiatives to Frame Regulations With Respect to Asteroid Mining
5.2.2 Restraints
5.2.2.1 High Costs Associated With Asteroid Mining and Prospecting Missions
5.2.3 Opportunities
5.2.3.1 Government Initiatives Resulting in Growing Number of Start-Ups
5.2.3.2 Easily Accessibility to Neas
5.2.3.3 Adoption of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Practice in Space Exploration
5.2.4 Challenges
5.2.4.1 Landing A Spacecraft on Asteroids Proves to Be Challenging
5.2.4.2 Space Mining Activities Creating Huge Environmental Risks That Affect Space and Earth
6 Space Mining Market, By Phase (Page No. – 36)
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Spacecraft Design
6.2.1 Instruments
6.2.2 Altitude Control System
6.2.3 Electric Power System
6.2.4 Others
6.3 Launch
6.4 Operation
7 Space Mining Market, By Type of Asteroid (Page No. – 46)
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Type C
7.3 Type S
7.4 Type M
7.5 Asteroid Mining Process Flow
7.5.1 Prospecting
7.5.2 Techniques to Determine Characteristics of an Asteroid
7.5.2.1 Spectrophotometry
7.5.2.2 Radiometry
7.5.2.3 Spectro-Polarimetry
7.5.2.4 Hyperspectral Imaging
7.5.2.5 Thermal Modeling
7.5.2.6 Ground Tracking
7.5.3 Mining, Extraction, and Processing
7.5.4 Storage
8 Different Types of Commodity Resources Available in Space (Page No. – 58)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Water
8.2.1 Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen
8.3 Platinum Group Metals
8.4 Structural Elements
9 Categorization of Asteroids Based on Their Distance From Earth (Page No. – 61)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Near-Earth Asteroids
9.2.1 Amor Asteroids
9.2.2 Apollo Asteroids
9.2.3 Aten Asteroids
9.3 Asteroid Belt Distance Ranges From Earth
9.3.1 0.7–0.99 Au
9.3.2 1.0–1.99 Au
9.3.3 2.0–2.49 Au
9.3.4 2.50–2.99 Au
9.3.5 Greater Than 3 Au
10 Applications of Space Mining (Page No. – 64)
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Extraterrestrial Commodity
10.3 Construction
10.4 Human Life Sustainability
10.5 Fuel
10.6 3d Printing
11 Space and On-Earth Utilization of Space-Mined Materials (Page No. – 66)
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Earth
11.3 Space
12 Geographic Analysis of Space Mining Market (Page No. – 68)
12.1 Introduction
12.2 North America
12.2.1 Us
12.2.2 Canada
12.3 Europe & Middle East
12.3.1 Luxembourg
12.3.2 Russia
12.3.3 Germany
12.3.4 Uk
12.3.5 Israel
12.4 APAC
12.4.1 Japan
12.4.2 China
12.4.3 India
13 Competitive Landscape (Page No. – 76)
13.1 Overview
13.2 Ranking Analysis of Market Players
13.2.1 Funding Activities
13.2.2 Product Launches
13.2.3 Agreements, Partnerships, and Contracts
13.2.4 Expansions
14 Company Profiles (Page No. – 80)
(Business Overview, Product Portfolio, Objectives, Recent Developments, and MnM View)*
14.1 Key Players
14.1.1 Deep Space Industries (DSI)
14.1.2 Planetary Resources
14.1.3 Moon Express
14.1.4 Ispace
14.1.5 Asteroid Mining Corporation
14.1.6 Shackleton Energy Company (SEC)
14.1.7 Kleos Space
14.1.8 Transastra
14.1.9 Offworld
14.1.10 Spacefab.Us
14.2 Space Agencies/Other Key Players
14.2.1 Nasa
14.2.2 ESA
14.2.3 Jaxa
14.2.4 China National Space Administration
14.2.5 Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
*Details on Business Overview, Product Portfolio, Objectives, Recent Developments, and MnM View Might Not Be Captured in Case of Unlisted Companies.
15 Appendix (Page No. – 108)
15.1 Discussion Guide
15.1 Knowledge Store: Marketsandmarkets’ Subscription Portal
15.2 Available Customizations
15.3 Related Reports
15.4 Author Details
Table 1 List of Asteroid Prospecting and Sample-Return Missions
Table 2 Collaborations of Government Agencies With Private Players
Table 3 Space Mining Market, By Phase, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 4 Space Mining Market for Osiris-Rex Mission, By Phase, 2015–2021 (USD Million)
Table 5 Space Mining Market for Lucy Mission, By Phase,2018–2024 (USD Million)
Table 6 Space Mining Market for Psyche Mission, By Phase, 2019–2024 (USD Million)
Table 7 Space Mining Market for Hera Mission, By Phase, 2020–2024 (USD Million)
Table 8 Space Mining Market for Dart Mission, By Phase, 2017–2024 (USD Million)
Table 9 Space Mining Market for Destiny+ Mission, By Phase, 2019–2024 (USD Million)
Table 10 Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase, By Component, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 11 Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase, By Region, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 12 Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase, By Type of Asteroid, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 13 Space Mining Market for Launch Phase, By Region,2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 14 Space Mining Market for Launch Phase, By Type of Asteroid, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 15 Space Mining Market for Operation Phase, By Region, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 16 Space Mining Market for Operation Phase, By Type of Asteroid, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 17 Space Mining Market, By Type of Asteroid, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 18 List of Nearest Cost Effective Asteroids
Table 19 List of Valuable Asteroids
Table 20 List of Smallest Asteroid
Table 21 Different Missions to Asteroids
Table 22 Space Mining Market, By Geography, 2016–2025 (USD Million)
Table 23 Market Player Ranking, 2017
Table 24 Funding Activities, 2016–2018
Table 25 Product Launches, 2015–2018
Table 26 Agreements, Collaborations, Partnerships, and Contracts, 2015–2017
Table 27 Expansions, 2016–2017
List of Figures (45 Figures)
Figure 1 Space Mining Market Segmentation
Figure 2 Space Mining Market: Process Flow of Market Size Estimation
Figure 3 Space Mining Market: Research Design
Figure 4 Bottom-Up Approach to Arrive at Market Size
Figure 5 Top-Down Approach to Arrive at Market Size
Figure 6 Data Triangulation
Figure 7 Assumptions for Research Study
Figure 8 Spacecraft Design Phase to Account for Largest Size of Space Mining Market, Based on Phase, By 2025
Figure 9 C-Type Asteroids to Account for Largest Market Size By 2025
Figure 10 US to Account for Largest Share of Space Mining Market By 2025
Figure 11 Growth Opportunities in Space Mining Market From 2018 to 2025
Figure 12 C-Type Asteroids to Dominate Space Mining Market During Forecast Period
Figure 13 Market for Instruments Expected to Dominate Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase From 2018 to 2025
Figure 14 US Expected to Dominate Space Mining Market During Forecast Period
Figure 15 Ongoing and Impeding Space Mining Missions to Drive Space Mining Market Growth
Figure 16 Spacecraft Design Phase to Dominate Space Mining Market
Figure 17 Instruments Segment to Lead Space Mining Market for Spacecraft Design Phase During Forecast Period
Figure 18 Types of Asteroids
Figure 19 C-Type of Asteroids to Dominate Space Mining Market
Figure 20 C-Type Asteroids Hold Largest Share of Known Asteroids as of 2017
Figure 21 Processing of Asteroids for ISRU
Figure 22 Types of Commodity Resources for Space Mining
Figure 23 Water Extraction Process From Asteroids
Figure 24 Types of Near-Earth Asteroids
Figure 25 Asteroid Belts Lie at Distance Between 2.0 and 2.49 Au From Earth Hold Largest Share
Figure 26 Asteroid Mining Flow Diagram
Figure 27 Total Number of Near-Earth Asteroids Discovered as of 2017
Figure 28 US to Account for Largest Size of Space Mining Market By 2025
Figure 29 Timeline: China Space Mining
Figure 30 Organic and Inorganic Strategies Adopted By Companies Operating in Space Mining Market
Figure 31 DSI: Activity Timeline
Figure 32 DSI: Funding Insights
Figure 33 Planetary Resources: Activity Timeline
Figure 34 Planetary Resources: Funding Insights
Figure 35 Moon Express: Activity Timeline
Figure 36 Moon Express: Funding Insights
Figure 37 Ispace: Activity Timeline
Figure 38 Ispace: Funding Authorities
Figure 39 Asteroid Mining Corporation: Funding Insights
Figure 40 SEC: Activity Timeline
Figure 41 SEC: Funding Insights
Figure 42 Kleos Space: Activity Timeline
Figure 43 Kleos Space: Funding Insights
Figure 44 Transastra: Funding Insights
Figure 45 Offworld: Mission Timeline