Global High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites Industry Concentrate Rate is High and Top3 Companies Occupies a Share of 84.26% in 2024

Global High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites Market Overview

According to Global Market Monitor, the global high-altitude pseudo satellites market size is $3759.25 million in 2024 with a CAGR of 10.15% from 2024 to 2029. The industry concentrate rate is high. The top three companies are Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, and Airbus, with a market share of 84.26% in 2024.

High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) are aircraft positioned above 20 km altitude, in the stratosphere, to compose a telecommunications network or perform remote sensing, for military, surveillance, communication or civil, etc. These aircraft may be airplanes, airships, or balloons. The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere where the temperature starts to increase with altitude. High-altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) are maintained at high altitudes by atmospheric lift, aerostatics/buoyancy, or aerodynamic force.

Market Driving Force

High-altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) keep high altitude by atmospheric lift. Contrary to satellites in Earth orbit, satellites in Earth orbit move freely at high speed in space vacuum and enter orbit because their centrifugal force matches gravity. The cost of satellite construction and launch is very high, and any change in its orbit needs to consume its extremely limited fuel supply. High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) aim to provide various services more economically and flexibly than the current LEO satellites. Because High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) operate at a much lower altitude than satellites, it is possible to cover a small area more effectively. Compared with satellites, lower altitude also means a lower telecommunication link budget (thus lower power consumption) and smaller round trip delay. In addition, as far as development and launch are concerned, deploying satellites requires a lot of time and money resources. On the other hand, High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) are relatively cheap and can be deployed quickly. Another major difference is that once a satellite is launched, it cannot land for maintenance, while High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) can.

One of the latest uses of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) is for radio communication services. High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) will be able to provide bandwidth and capacity similar to broadband wireless access networks (such as WiMAX) and provide coverage area similar to satellite. The most common use of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) is for environment/weather monitoring. Many experiments are conducted through high-altitude balloons equipped with scientific equipment, which are used to measure environmental changes or track weather.

Market Development Constraints

High-altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS) need electricity to maintain their payload functions. Although the current High Altitude Long Life (Pseudo Satellite) is powered by batteries or engines, the mission time is limited by the charging/refueling requirements.

At an altitude of 20 kilometers, the air is thin and the density is about 7% of the sea level. Because the aerodynamic force and aerostatics lift that offset the aircraft weight are proportional to the air density, considering the same design features, such as total weight, aerodynamic shape, and running speed, the wing area of the aircraft designed for High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) and the volume of airship and balloon must be 14 times larger than that of the aircraft designed for sea level. These large sizes lead to very strict optimization requirements for the weight of structures. In the case of airships and balloons, the shell material must have low weight characteristics, high strength, high damage resistance (tear, pinhole), low permeability to lifting gas, flexibility at low temperatures, and low degradability under ultraviolet radiation and ozone. High-altitude pseudo Satellites (HAPS) have high requirements for raw materials, which will bring certain challenges to the industry.

Drivers	The advantages of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS)
	The application of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) in different fields
Challenges	Power limitation
	High requirements for raw materials
	Imperfect airspace regulations
	Competition in the industry is fierce.

For more industry information, please refer to our latest released "2023 Global High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) Market Analysis Report, Key Competitors, Market Effect Factors, Growth, And Forecast".