Low Earth Orbit Emerges as a Global Infrastructure Boom

Low Earth Orbit is rapidly maturing from a niche tech domain into a strategic, multi-decade infrastructure play, with more than $45 billion invested in 2025 and over $400 billion in the space economy since 2009. Major players like SpaceX, Amazon, Blue Origin, Nvidia, and Eutelsat/OneWeb are expanding constellations and exploring orbital computing, signaling a new era of rapid connectivity, AI-enabled orbit infrastructure, and potential public-market opportunities. Regulators warn that governance must evolve from GEO-era rules to safely manage security, sovereignty, and space debris as commercial operators become the primary users of space.