How did Satellite Telecommunications move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Satellite Telecommunications climbed from #72 to #57 of 499 ranked industries (CLIMBER); share of tracked industry dollars went from 0.18% to 0.19%. That is a 15-place move over 5 years.

Where does the INFO sector placement for Satellite Telecommunications come from?

Sector 51 (Information) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Satellite Telecommunications ranks #4 of 27 classified industries there (SLICE), taking 8.0% of $18.4B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 517410 · Information

Satellite Telecommunications

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 517410 in Information.

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CY2024 awards: $1.5B
Corpus rank: #57 of 499
Award plate: HEAVY
Sector: INFO · SLICE

Satellite Telecommunications federal industry awards

Satellite Telecommunications (NAICS 517410) ranks #57 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $1.5B.

PlainFedContract reports USAspending.gov calendar-2024 awards under NAICS 517410. Stamp board: HEAVY · INFO · CLIMBER. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Satellite Telecommunications’s annual contract dollars rose from $1.1B in 2023 to $1.5B in 2024. 31.5% vs 2023

Satellite Telecommunications annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Satellite Telecommunications leads the CY2024 industry award board

$1.5B · #57 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$1.5B under NAICS 517410 · #57 of 499 , HEAVY · INFO · SLICE · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 72→57 of 499 (0.18%→0.19% of tracked industry dollars) ; #4/27 in INFO. That is a 15-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: Other Electronic Component Manu… at $1.5B (HEAVY).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 517410 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. Sector weight sits in a mid band within INFO. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Other Electronic Component Manufacturing $1.5B
Truck Trailer Manufacturing $1.5B
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and M… $1.5B
Industrial Building Construction $1.5B
Environmental Consulting Services $1.4B
Small Arms $1.5B

Similar sector weight

Sewage Treatment Facilities 7.8% · $229.8M
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aerona… 8.1% · $18.0B
Other Electric Power Generation 8.1% · $237.8M
Correctional Institutions 8.1% · $64.7M
Other Aircraft Parts 7.3% · $16.3B
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 8.6% · $936.7M

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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