It is this community that all the others support, though there are times when this distinction is blurred in the eyes of many in the following communities.
Research is both a benefactor and a contributor to the operational space community.
On the one hand, without systems going into space there would be little opportunity for the most advanced and useful experiments and developments. However, the majority of these advances are directly being fueled by needs of the operational community, often even linked organizationally. The insurance community is responsible for stabilizing much of the operational community by providing a means for risks to be taken. The companies that represent these interests have evolved largely out of their aviation business bringing many of the historical practices that have served them well in that arena. The interest of the insurance industry for space activity is usually very shortlived with the majority of interest in the launch and initial deployment of a satellite, even though the trend is toward longer and longer timeframes of coverage after system startup.