Deloitte's Specialist Leader in Space Jeff Matthews sits with On Orbit host Jeff Hill to explain why all of these new industries are interested in investing in space. Commercial space customers used to be limited to military, broadcast networks, and ISP resellers. Now, insurance companies, manufacturers, transporters, retail, city planners, farmers... the list of commercial space "customers" is growing more diverse as new space-based capabilities evolve. What value do these new industry customers see in space?

Our inaugural episode of On Orbit, titled “Building Bridges Across the Digital Divide: Hybrid Satellite Networks,” focuses on the growing economic disparities between those with and without access to “affordable” high-speed internet. Host Jeffrey Hill opens the episode with a comparative review of the latest digital divide statistics from the ITC, FCC, and Microsoft, and a clear explanation of how organizations define “affordable broadband” and “reasonable access.”