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04/09/2026, 17:17By 2035, the global space economy could reach $1.8 trillion, continuing a series of investment waves ranging from robotics and biotechnology to new orbital technologies.
These investment ‘waves’ recur every two years: first it was dot-coms, then digitalisation, and in 2025 – artificial intelligence. Previously, experts highlighted biotechnology and robotics as promising sectors, but now the space economy is on the horizon.
According to EDB forecasts, the market will grow from $630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion by the mid-2030s. The main drivers are space technologies and services: satellite constellations, in-orbit manufacturing and servicing, new propulsion systems, the exploitation of asteroid resources, biomedical research in microgravity, and the prospects of artificial gravity for long-duration missions.
EDB analysts note that investment ‘bubbles’ act as catalysts for the formation of new industries: just as was the case with AI and biotechnology, space could become the next technological and economic revolution.
