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This page is a list of non-governmental entities that currently offer – or are planning to offer – equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human.
List of abbreviations used in this article |
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LEO: Low Earth orbit |
Manufacturers of space vehicles
Crew and cargo transport vehicles
Space stations
Private Company name | Space Craft name | Space Craft type | Internal volume |
Passenger capacity |
Craft status | Orbit Around | Ref |
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Axiom Space | Axiom Module? | Rigid Module | ? | 7 | proposed | Earth | [1] |
Bigelow Aerospace | Genesis I | Inflatable module | 11.5 m3 (406 cu ft)[2] | unmanned | currently in LEO | Earth | [3] |
Bigelow Aerospace | Genesis II | Inflatable module | 11.5 m3 (406 cu ft)[4] | unmanned | currently in LEO | Earth | [5] |
Bigelow Aerospace | Galaxy | Inflatable module | 16.7 m3 (590 cu ft)[6] | unmanned | cancelled | Earth | [7] |
Bigelow Aerospace | Sundancer | Inflatable module | 180 m3 (6,357 cu ft) | 3 | cancelled | Earth | [8] |
Bigelow Aerospace | BA 330 | Inflatable module | 330 m3 (11,654 cu ft) | 6 | testing | Earth | [9] |
Bigelow Aerospace | BA 2100 | Inflatable module | 2,100 m3 (74,161 cu ft) | 16 | proposed | Earth | |
Excalibur Almaz | Almaz derivative | Rigid module | ? | 3 | inactive | Earth | [10][11] |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Earth Launch Station 1 | Rigid module | ? | 6 | proposed | Earth | |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Earth Launch Station 2 | Rigid module | ? | 6 | proposed | Earth | |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Lunar Launch Station 1 | Rigid module | ? | 3 | proposed | Moon | |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Lunar Launch Station 2 | Rigid module | ? | 12 | proposed | Moon | |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Martian Launch Station 1 | Rigid module | ? | 6 | proposed | Mars | |
Final Frontier Technologies | FFT Earth-Moon-Mars Martian Launch Station 2 | Rigid module | ? | 9 | proposed | Mars | |
Galactic Suite Ltd. | Galactic Suite | Rigid module | ? | 6 | proposed | Earth | [12] |
Global Space Organization | GSO Lunar Station One | 3D Printed | ? | 10 | proposed | Earth | [13] |
Orbital Technologies/RSC Energia | Orbital Technologies Commercial Space Station | Rigid Module | The first module CSS will be volume about 20 m³. | 7 | development | Earth | [14] |
Gateway Galactic, Inc. | Antaios (Depot) | Propellant Depot | ? | unmanned | development | Earth | [15] |
Launch vehicles
Company name | Launcher name |
Launcher type |
No. of stages |
Maximum reach |
Launcher status |
Maiden flight |
Ref |
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Haas 2b | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | development | ? | [16] |
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Super Haas | medium rocket | 2 | LEO | development | ? | [17] |
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AUSROCS | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | ? | [18] |
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New Glenn | heavy rocket | 2 or 3 | GTO | development | 2019
(planned) |
[19] |
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Canadian Arrow | rocket | 2 | LEO | cancelled | ? | [citation needed] |
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JFCR-2000A Pollux | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | development | 2017 (planned) | [20] |
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Urania | medium rocket | 3 | LEO | cancelled | — | [21] |
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RASTA | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | operational (1/1) | 2016 | |
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Eris | light rocket | 3 | LEO | development | ? | |
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DNLV (Dedicated Nano Launch Vehicle) | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2023 | |
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NEPTUNE
N series |
light-to-medium rocket | 1–9 | LEO | development | ? | [22] |
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NEPTUNE N36 | heavy rocket | 36 | lunar orbit | proposed | ? | [22] |
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Neptune TSAAHTO | heavy rocket | 2½ | lunar orbit | proposed | ? | [22] |
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Taymyr | light rocket | 3 | LEO | proposed | ? | [23] |
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VentureStar | reusable spaceplane | 1 | LEO | cancelled | — | [24] |
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Athena | medium rocket | 2 or 3 | LEO | retired (5/7) | 1995 | |
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M-SV | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | development | ? | [25][26] |
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M-OV | light rocket | 1+2-10 Boosters | LEO | development | ? | [25][26] |
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Antares | medium rocket | 3 | LEO | operational (5/6) | 2013 | [27] |
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Momo | liquid fueled sounding rocket | suborbit | development | [28] | ||
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Minotaur-C, formerly Taurus | light rocket | 4 | LEO | operational (6/9) | 1994 | [29][30][31] |
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Pegasus | light rocket | 3 | LEO | operational (38/43) | 1990 | |
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OTRAG | medium rocket | variable | LEO | retired (15/18) | 1977 | [32] |
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Arion 1 | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | development | 2018 (planned) | [33][34] |
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Arion 2 | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2020 (planned) | [34] |
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Intrepid-1 | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2018 (planned) | |
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ATEA-1 | light rocket | 2 | suborbit | operational (1/1) | 2009 | [35][36] |
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Electron | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2017 (planned) | [37] |
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Percheron | light rocket | 1 | suborbit | cancelled | — | [38] |
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Conestoga 1620 | medium rocket | 4 | LEO | retired (0/1) | — | [38] |
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Prometheus-1 | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | ? | [39][40] |
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Falcon 1 | light rocket | 2 | LEO | retired (2/5) | 2008 | [41] |
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Falcon 1e | light rocket | 2 | LEO | cancelled | ? | [41] |
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Falcon 5 | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | cancelled | — | [42] |
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Falcon 9 v1.0 | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | retired (5/5) | 2010 | [43] |
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Falcon 9 v1.1 | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | retired (14/15) | 2013 | [43] |
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Falcon 9 full thrust | medium rocket (first stage reusable) / heavy rocket (expendable configuration) |
2 | TMI[44] | operational (14/15) | 2015 | [43] |
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | medium rocket (first stage reusable) / heavy rocket (expendable configuration) |
2 | TMI[44] | development | 2017 (planned) | [43][45] |
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Falcon Heavy | heavy rocket (first stage core and side boosters reusable) / super heavy rocket (expendable configuration) | 2+boosters | deep space (Pluto)[46] | development | 2017 (planned) | [43][47] |
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ITS Launch Vehicle | super heavy rocket | 2 | deep space[48] | development | ? | [49] |
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Atlas V | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | operational (70/71) | 2002 | [50] |
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Delta II 6000 | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | retired (17/17) | 1989 | [51] |
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Delta II 7000 | light rocket | 2 | GTO | operational (128/130) | 1990 | [51] |
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Delta II 7000H | heavy rocket | 2 | HCO | retired (6/6) | 2003 | [51] |
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Delta IV | medium rocket | 2 | GTO | operational (34/35) | 2003 | [52] |
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Delta IV Heavy | heavy rocket | 2 | GTO | operational (8/9) | 2004 | [53] |
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Vulcan | heavy rocket | 2 | GTO | development | 2019
(planned) |
[54] |
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Vector-R | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2018 (planned) | |
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Vector-RE1 | light rocket | 2 or 3 | LEO | development | ? | |
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Vector-H | light rocket | 2 | LEO | development | 2019 (planned) | |
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Vector-HE1 | light rocket | 2 or 3 | LEO | development | ? | |
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SALVO | light rocket | 2 | LEO | testing | ? | [55][56] |
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LauncherOne | light rocket | 2 | LEO | testing | 2017 (planned) | [57] |
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bloostar | Rockoon system (high-altitude balloon and in-space rocket launcher) | 3 + high-altitude balloon ascent | LEO | development | 2018 | [58] |
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VLS Alfa | rocket | 3 | LEO | development | ? |
Landers, rovers and probes
Company name | Craft name | Craft type | Craft status | Ref |
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ARCASPACE | ELE | lunar orbiter | development | [59] |
Armadillo Aerospace | unnamed craft | rocket module | testing | [60] |
Astrobotic Technology | Artemis Lander | lunar lander | development | [61] |
Astrobotic Technology | Red Rover | rover | development | [62] |
Astrobotic Technology | Griffin | lunar lander | negotiating | [63] |
Astrobotic Technology | Peregrine Lander | lunar lander | development | [64] |
Euroluna | ROMIT | development | [65] | |
Golden Spike Company | Manned lunar lander | proposed | [66] | |
Hakuto | Moon Raker | rover | development | [67] |
Hakuto | Tetris | rover | development | [68] |
Independence-X Aerospace | SQUALL (Scientific Quest Unmanned Autonomous Lunar Lander) | lander / hover probe | development | [69] |
Interorbital Systems | RIPPER | lander | development | [70] |
Lunar Mission One | unnamed | lunar lander + deep drill | development | [71] |
Mars One | unnamed | lander | development | [72] |
Masten Space Systems | XEUS | lunar lander | negotiating | [63] |
Masten Space Systems | XL-1 | lunar lander | development | [73] |
Moon Express | MX-1 family | lunar lander | testing | [63][74] |
Odyssey Moon | MoonOne (M-1) | rover | development | [75] |
Omega Envoy | development | [76] | ||
Part Time Scientists | Audi Lunar quattro | rover | development | |
Puli Space Technologies | Puli | rover | fundraising | [77] |
Team FREDNET | development | [78] | ||
Team Italia | rover | development | [79] | |
Team Indus | HHK1 | lunar lander+ 2 rovers | development | |
TransOrbital | TrailBlazer | lunar orbiter | cancelled | [80] |
Team Plan B | Plan B | development | ||
Space IL | Sparrow | nano-ship | development | |
STELLAR | development | [81] | ||
SYNERGY MOON | Tesla | rover | development | [82] |
Research craft and tech demonstrators
Company name | Craft name | Craft purpose | Craft status | Ref |
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ARCA | Demonstrator 2b | demonstrate reusable monopropellant engine | retired | |
Armadillo Aerospace | Quad | demonstrate VTOL | retired | |
ASRI | AUSROC I | systems testing | retired | |
ASRI | AUSROC II | payload to 10km | retired | |
ASRI | AUSROC 2.5 | systems testing | testing | |
ASRI | AUSROC III | payload of 150kg to 500km | development | |
Blue Origin | Goddard | demonstrate VTOL | retired | |
Interorbital Systems | Neutrino | systems testing | operational | |
Interorbital Systems | Tachyon | systems testing | operational | [83] |
Lockheed Martin | X-33 | demonstrate SSTO | cancelled | |
Masten Space Systems | XA-0.1 | demonstrate VTOL | retired | |
Masten Space Systems | XA-0.1B | Lunar Lander Challenge Level 1 | operational | |
Masten Space Systems | XA-0.1E | Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, commercial precursor flights | operational | |
Masten Space Systems | XA-0.1E2 | commercial flights | development | |
Masten Space Systems | XL-1T | terrestrial test bed for the XL-1 lunar lander | development | |
McDonnell Douglas | DC-X | demonstrate VTOL | retired (11 test flights) | |
Rotary Rocket | Roton ATV | demonstrate VTOL | retired (3 test flights) | |
Space Services Inc. | Conestoga I | systems testing | retired (1 test) | [38] |
SpaceX | Grasshopper | demonstrate VTOL | retired (8 tests) | [84] |
SpaceX | F9R Dev1 | refine VTOL (low altitude) | destroyed (5 flights) | [85] |
SpaceX | F9R Dev2 | refine VTOL (high altitude) | development | |
Swedish Space Corp. | Maxus | payload to 700km | operational | |
Swedish Space Corp. | Maser | payload to 300km | operational | |
UP Aerospace | SpaceLoft XL | payload to 140km | operational | [86] |
World View Enterprises | Tycho Platform | payload up to 46km and 300kg | operational | [87] |
zero2infinity | nanobloon 1.0 | payload to 32km | operational | [88] |
zero2infinity | nanobloon 2.0 | payload to 33km | operational | |
zero2infinity | microbloon 1.0 | payload to 24km | operational | |
zero2infinity | microbloon 2.0 | payload to 31km | operational | |
zero2infinity | microbloon 3.0 | payload to 27km | operational |
Space mining
Company name | Body to be mined | Mining craft | Mining status | Ref |
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Deep Space Industries | Near-Earth asteroids | press conference | ||
Final Frontier Technologies | Moon, Asteroid Belt | proposed | Unknown | |
Global Space Organization | Moon, Near-Earth asteroids | Robotic Systems | proposed | [89] |
Independence-X Aerospace | Near-Earth Asteroids, Moon, Asteroid Belt | proposed | proposed | |
Infinite Space Dynamics | Near-Earth Asteroids, Moon, Asteroid Belt | Development | Development | |
Kepler Energy and Space Engineering | Near-Earth Asteroids | proposed | fundraising | [90] |
Moon Express | Moon | Unknown | Unknown | |
Planetary Resources | Near-Earth asteroids | Arkyd Series 100, 200, 300 | development | [91] |
Shackleton Energy Company | Moon | Architecture | Architecture | |
Stott Space Inc. | Near-Earth asteroids | fundraising | [92][relevant?] |
Space manufacturing
Company name | Products | Manufacturing craft | status | Ref |
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Infinite Space Dynamics | Propellant, Space Infrastructure, Propellant depot, communications platforms, space solar power satellites | |||
Shackleton Energy Company | propellant, space infrastructure, Propellant depot | |||
Deep Space Industries | propellant, communications platforms, space solar power satellites |
Space settlement
Company name | Colony location | Status | Ref |
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Interplanetary Transport System | Mars | development[93] | [94][95] |
Final Frontier Technologies | Mars | proposed[citation needed] | |
Final Frontier Technologies | Moon | proposed[citation needed] | |
Mars One | Mars | Fundraising and assessing astronaut applications[when?] | [96] |
Propulsion manufacturers
Satellite launchers
Company | Launch vehicles | Private | Refs |
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Arianespace | Ariane, Vega | Partial; minority owned by some EU states | |
Eurockot Launch Services | Rockot | No; 49% owned by Russia, and 51% by Kazakhstan | |
International Launch Services | Proton | No; 51%+ owned by Russia | |
ISC Kosmotras | Dnepr | No; Owned by Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. | |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | H-IIA, H-IIB | Partial; own launchers, funded by JAXA. | [110] |
Orbital ATK | Antares, Minotaur | Partial; own launchers, funded by NASA | |
SpaceX | Falcon 9 | Yes; own launchers | |
Sea Launch | Zenit | No; Bankrupt. Owned by Russia. | |
Starsem | Soyuz | No; 25% Owned by Russia, 25% Samara, 35% EADS SPACE Transportation, 15% EU | |
United Launch Alliance | Atlas, Delta | Yes; 50% owned by Lockheed Martin, 50% Boeing |
Spaceliner companies
Company name | Contracts for | Craft utilised | Status | Notes | Refs |
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Benson Space Company | SpaceDev | Dream Chaser | waiting for hardware[citation needed] | ||
MirCorp | none | Soyuz TM, Progress M1 and Mir | defunct, Mir deorbited | ||
Space Adventures | none | Soyuz and the ISS | active (7 tourists sent) | ||
RocketShip Tours | XCOR | Lynx rocketplane | waiting for hardware | ||
Virgin Galactic | Scaled Composites | SpaceShipTwo | waiting for hardware |
Spacecraft component developers and manufacturers
Company | Production | Notes | Refs |
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Altius Space Machines | |||
Advanced Space | Advanced Space is a software and services company that leverages its unique subject matter expertise to improve the fundamentals of spaceflight. | [111] | |
Andrews Space | |||
Axelspace | [112] | ||
EADS Astrium Satellites | |||
EADS Astrium Space Transportation | |||
Made in Space | [113] | ||
NanoRacks | [114] | ||
Rocketstar Robotics, Inc. | [115] | ||
Starsys | merged with SpaceDev | [citation needed] | |
SpaceDev | |||
Space Environment Technologies | Space Environment Technologies provides services, products, and hardware for the operational space environment. It offers operational capabilities for forecasting Low Earth Orbit densities and for specifying surface charging, internal charging, single event effect, and radiation environments. | [116] | |
SpaceQuest, Ltd. | |||
Talis Enterprises, Ltd. | [117] |
See also
- List of government space agencies
- List of spacecraft manufacturers including the "traditional space" companies
- NewSpace
- Private spaceflight
- Robert Truax
- Space industry
- Tourism on the Moon
References
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