How much of its capacity did US space economy manufacturing plant use over 2012–2022? — “Manufacturing plant utilization” is the percentage of the total production capability of a manufacturing facility that was used. “Space economy manufacturing plant” covers manufacturing facilities producing goods and services that are used in space, or directly support those used in space, as defined by BEA. The space economy manufacturing plant utilization index, SEMPI, is a new measure of U.S. space economy manufacturing plant utilization constructed from publicly available data. See Highfill and Rao (2025) for details.