Space Data Traffic to Grow 14-Fold by 2030: NSR

Space data volume will likely increase 14-fold between 2020 and 2030, to more than 125,000 petabytes, though the amount remains small compared with terrestrial networks, Northern Sky Research said Monday. NSR said satellite communications will be the vast majority of that growth, with low earth orbit constellations the main driver. It said non-geostationary orbit will go from about 5% of satellite connectivity traffic today to more than 30% by 2030.