Vivek Prasad

Principal Analyst, Space and Satellite at Analysys Mason

Speaker

Mr. Prasad been involved in the Space Industry since 2010, joining NSR (now Analysys Mason) in 2019. At Analysys Mason, he heads the Satellite Capacity program and leads the research & consulting efforts covering Satcom Capacity supply & demand, Consumer Broadband, Enterprise VSAT & Constellations markets. Prior to Analysys Mason, he was leading the Frost & Sullivan Space Research Program as Industry Principal. At Frost & Sullivan, he spearheaded research areas encompassing Small-satellites, Mega-constellations, Enterprise broadband & Satellite Communication markets and led multiple client-centric consulting assignments including the UK Space Agency Spaceport business model.

Mr. Prasad is an ex-ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) scientist and has worked in the System Integration Group of ISRO Satellite Centre Bangalore for 7 years (2010-2017), executing System engineer to Project manager roles. His responsibilities included Satellite Configuration analysis, System Integration, Mass properties management, Launch interface studies, and Project Management. During his tenure at ISRO, he has worked on seven satellite projects including SARAL: An Indo-French Satellite and ASTROSAT: India’s first dedicated astronomy satellite. He was also a core team member responsible for the design and development of ISRO’s first Nano-satellite platform, INS-1A & INS-1B.