List of spacecraft manufacturers
History
During the early years of spaceflight only nation states had the resources to develop and fly spacecraft. Both the U.S. space program and Soviet space program were operated using mainly military pilots as astronauts. During this period, no commercial space launches were available to private operators, and no private organization was able to offer space launches.In the 1980s, the European Space Agency created Arianespace, the world's first commercial space transportation company, and, following the Challenger disaster, the American government deregulated the American space transportation market as well. In the 1990s the Russian government sold their majority stake in RSC Energia to private investors
These events for the first time allowed private organizations to purchase, develop and offer space launch services; beginning the period of private spaceflight in the late-1980s and early-1990s.
Satellite manufacturers
There are 8 major companies that build large, commercial, Geosynchronous satellite platforms:| Company | Location | No of satellites launched | Comments |
| Airbus Defence and Space | formerly Astrium | ||
| OHB SE | |||
| Boeing Defense, Space & Security | formerly Boeing Integrated Defense Systems | ||
| INVAP | 6 - SAC-A SAC-B SAC-C SAC-D ARSAT-1 ARSAT-2 | INVAP is developing new satellites ARSAT-3 SAOCOM SABIA-Mar | |
| JSC Information Satellite Systems | 1160 | formerly NPO PM | |
| Lockheed Martin | |||
| Northrop Grumman | formerly Orbital ATK | ||
| Raytheon | One of worlds largest space sensor providers. | ||
| Space Systems/Loral | 240 | formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC | |
| Thales Alenia Space | formerly Alcatel Alenia Space |
In addition to those above, the following companies have successfully built and launched satellite platforms:
| Company | Location | No of satellites launched | Comments |
| AeroAstro, Inc. | Closed | ||
| Alén Space | 5 | ||
| Amsat | International -,,,,, ,, | consortium of amateur satellite constructors | |
| Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | |||
| Berlin Space Technologies | Small Satellites & Components | ||
| Blue Canyon Technologies | 13 | Small spacecraft and components; mission services | |
| British Aerospace | purchased Marconi Electronic Systems, to form BAE Systems | ||
| CBERS | 5 | ||
| Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio | part of OHB SE | ||
| Clyde Space | CubeSats and Nanosatellites | ||
| EnduroSat | CubeSats and Nanosatellites | ||
| Fairchild Space and Electronics Division | sold to Matra Marconi Space, then sold to Orbital Sciences Corporation | ||
| Fokker Space & Systems | then Dutch Space, now part of EADS Astrium Satellites | ||
| GAUSS Srl | 9 | CubeSats and Small Satellites | |
| General Electric | then merged into Martin Marietta, now part of Lockheed Martin | ||
| GomSpace | Cubesats and nanosatellites | ||
| Hawker Siddeley Dynamics | now part of EADS Astrium Satellites | ||
| Dhruva Space | Nano Satellites | ||
| Hughes Aircraft | purchased by Boeing | ||
| IHI Corporation | |||
| In-Space Missions | Launching first satellite in Q2 2020 | ||
| Innovative Solutions In Space | CubeSats | ||
| NPO Lavochkin | |||
| Orcho Aerospace | |||
| MicroSat Systems Inc. | formerly Space division of Dynacon Incorporated | ||
| Millennium Space Systems | 2 | ||
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | |||
| Northrop Grumman Space Technology | |||
| NanoAvionics | 1 | CubeSats and Small Sats | |
| Pumpkin, Inc. | CubeSat Kit | ||
| OneWeb | 40 | OneWeb satellite constellation | |
| Planet Labs | 298 | Earth observation satellite constellation | |
| Philco Ford | then Ford Aerospace, now Space Systems/Loral | ||
| QinetiQ Space N.V. | 3 | then Verhaert Space | |
| RCA Astro | purchased by General Electric, then by Martin Marietta, now part of Lockheed Martin | ||
| Raytheon | |||
| RAL Space | part of STFC | ||
| Rockwell | purchased by Boeing | ||
| RKK Energiya | produced Sputnik 1 | ||
| Satrec Initiative | 5 | ||
| SPAR Aerospace | 8 - Alouette 1 Anik-E RADARSAT 1 and 2 Olympus-1 MSAT 1, 2 and SA | bought by MacDonald Dettwiler | |
| SNC Space Systems | formerly SpaceDev, owned by Sierra Nevada Corporation | ||
| SpaceQuest, Ltd | 16 | Microsatellites & Components | |
| SpaceX | 422 | largest commercial satellite constellation operator in the world with the Starlink constellation | |
| Spectrum Astro | bought by General Dynamics | ||
| Sun Space and Information Systems Ltd | |||
| Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd | now part of Airbus Defence & Space | ||
| Swales Aerospace | bought by Alliant Techsystems, now Orbital ATK | ||
| TRANSPACE Technologies | On-Board Satellite Systems Fabrication, Testing and Reliability Analysis | ||
| Turkish Aerospace Industries | |||
| TRW | now part of Northrop Grumman Space Technology | ||
| TsSKB-Progress | Persona] | ||
| Xovian | Nanosat and services | ||
| York Space Systems | 1 | Up to 250kg spacecraft production and launch services | |
| Yuzhnoye Design Bureau |
Launch vehicle manufacturers and providers of third party services
| Company | Location | No. of successful launches | Comments |
| Arianespace | 235/247 | Ariane | |
| Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering | Suborbital student-built sounding rockets | ||
| ISRO | 62/67 | PSLV, GSLV, GSLV III | |
| COSMOS International | / | commercialises the Kosmos-3M launcher | |
| Eurockot Launch Services | owned by EADS Astrium | ||
| International Launch Services | | 97/100 | |
| Iranian Space Agency | |||
| ISC Kosmotras | // | ||
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 62 | ||
| Northrop Grumman | manufacturer of Antares, Minotaur and Pegasus | ||
| PLD Space | manufacturer of Miura 1 and Miura 5 | ||
| Rocket Crafters Inc | manufacturer of Intrepid-1 | ||
| Rocket Lab | / | 10/11 | manufacturer of Electron launch vehicle |
| SpaceX | 88/93 | Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy | |
| Sea Launch | /// | 28/31 | provider of Sea Launch and Land Launch service |
| Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau | commercialises the Volna and Shtil' launchers | ||
| NPO Mashinostroyeniya | commercialises the Strela launcher | ||
| Starsem | commercialises the Soyuz launcher | ||
| The Spaceship Company | Reusable spaceship launched from the White Knight Aircraft for space tourism and zero-g experimentation | ||
| TsSKB-Progress | manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicle | ||
| United Launch Alliance | |||
| United Start Launch | | commercialises the Start-1 launcher | |
| Virgin Galactic | Space Tourism Using 'The Spaceship Company spacecraft | ||
| Virgin Orbit | / | manufacturer of LauncherOne air-launched launch vehicle | |
| Blue Origin | United States |
Commercial wings of national space agencies:
- Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation and
- Antrix Corporation
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Lander, rover and probe manufacturers
| Company | Location | No. of probes launched | Comments |
| Brown Engineering Company | Huntsville, AL | Rover for Apollo lunar program | |
| China National Space Administration | for Chang'e 3 program in 2013 | ||
| Deep Space Industries | Mountain View, CA | ||
| Lavochkin | rovers for Lunokhod 1 | ||
| NASA JPL | for ATHLETE lunar missions, Mars Pathfinder, Opportunity and Spirit rover | ||
| ISRO | Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2, Mars Orbiter Mission | ||
| Planetary Resources | Redmond, WA | Arkyd-100 for asteroid searching |