In-Space TransportationSpace tugs, OTVs, debris removal

List of in-space transportation services including orbital transfer vehicles, space tugs, active debris removal, propellant depos and on-orbit servicing. Sometimes called space logistics or space mobility but products such as propulsion modules are not included.

Last updated: 2024-03-03. Entries: 99

Name Products & Services Category Service Type Field Status Oneliner Photo Logo
Absolut System In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation
Transport Service (In-Space) Concept

A preliminary design for the refuelling tug.

Absolut System
Altius Space Machines (Voyager Space) Bulldog Servicer On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing In-Space Satellite Servicing Concept, Acquired

Altius is a space robotics and technology company with expertise in orbital rendezvous and capture robotics, active debris removal, spacecraft mechanisms, assistive telerobotics, in-space propellant transfer, satellite servicing, in-orbit assembly and manufacturing. Our mission is to support sustainable space and provide cost-effective and reliable satellite servicing and end-of-life services.

Altius Space Machines Altius Space Machines (Voyager Space)
Argo Space Argonaut In-Space Transportation,
ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining,
Raw Resources & Utilities
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
Propellant Refilling,
Space Mining
Reusable,
Refilling Station,
Water,
Moon,
Propellant
Development

Aims to build an in-space transportation network, using reusable spacecraft propelled by water harvested from the moon.

Argo Space Argo Space
ArianeGroup (Arianespace) Astris,
Susie
In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Kick Stage Development

ASTRIS kick stage and SUSIE upper stage.

ArianeGroup ArianeGroup (Arianespace)
Astrait (Levity) NEMO In-Space Transportation Space Tug Kick Stage Development

The NEMO platform acts as a kickstage to provide last-mile transfer or even lunar access for its cargo and offers data relay at the target environment – if needed.

Astrait Astrait (Levity)
Astroscale Active Debris Removal,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refuel Station
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
End of Life (EOL),
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
Transport Service (In-Space),
On-Orbit Servicing
Development

Astroscale offers operators and launchers choices and flexibility across the spectrum of on-orbit servicing, while creating a sustainable foundation for the growth of the space economy in the process.

Astroscale Astroscale
Atomos Quark Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics,
Resources - Energy,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Nuclear Power,
Nuclear Propulsion
Development

Atomos Space is building the future of orbital logistics, providing “last mile” transportation services for satellite operators. Our orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) change the rocket equation – enabling impossible missions, providing unprecedented maneuverability, maintaining a sustainable orbital environment, and reducing the cost for satellite operators to get to their place in space.

Atomos Atomos
Bellatrix Aerospace In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation Development

Bellatrix Aerospace is an Indian New Space company specialising in In-space propulsion systems & orbital launch vehicles.

Bellatrix Aerospace
Blue Origin Blue Ring In-Space Transportation,
In-Space Mobility
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Persistent Platform,
Space Tug,
Robotic Space Station,
In-Space Logistics,
Space Logistics Platform,
In-Orbit Computing,
In-Space Mobility
Transport Service (In-Space) Development

Blue Ring, a spacecraft platform focused on providing in-space logistics and delivery.

Blue Origin Blue Origin
Bradford Space (Deep Space Industries) Square Rocket Miscellaneous,
Space Tug,
Cargo Transport Service
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Microgravity Workspaces,
Space Tug,
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Prospecting Development

Our first service offering uses our Square Rocket spacecraft for missions as far out as 1.5AU encompassing geosynchronous orbit (GEO), low lunar orbit (LLO), and Mars flyby.

Bradford Space Bradford Space (Deep Space Industries)
CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Group) Supplemental Service Vehicle On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing,
Satellite Life Extension
In-Space Transportation Development

Supplemental Service Vehicle is a commercial service vehicle that takes over attitude orbit control of GEO satellites at the end of their lifetime to extend their in-orbit service life.

CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Group)
Chandah Space Technologies InsureSat In-Orbit Inspection Space Situational Awareness (SSA),
In-Orbit Inspection
- Early stage, Dormant

Building its InsureSat constellation of electro-optical sensors for commercial in-orbit inspections and space situational awareness (SSA).

Chandah Space Technologies
Cislunar Space Development Company Space Tug Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Dormant

We provide transportation services in cislunar space, from low Earth orbit to the Moon’s surface and all points in between. Services include orbit transfer for satellites, cargo and personnel transport to the Moon, water and propellant sales, vehicle docking, and spacecraft warehousing.

Cislunar Space Development Company
ClearSpace ClearSpace-1 Active Debris Removal,
Space Tug
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Space Tug
End of Life (EOL) Development

We design, agile satellites able to find, capture and remove non-functioning or unresponsive satellites from their orbits in space.

ClearSpace ClearSpace
Coactum Space Tug,
Cargo Transport Service
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Space Tug
In-Space Transportation Development

Aims to revolutionize cargo transportation in space by providing simple, secure and fast in-space transportation services with a standalone small satellite. The solution opens access to high Earth orbits and beyond.

Coactum
D-Orbit ION Cargo Transport Service Space Tug,
In-Orbit Computing,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Orbital Transportation,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation Active

D-Orbit a market leader in the space logistics and transportation services industry with a track record of space-proven technologies and successful missions.

D-Orbit D-Orbit
Dark Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Space Tug
- Development

Moving forward with our Active Debris Removal technological developments.

Dark Dark
Dark Fission Space Systems In-Space Transportation,
Space Utilities
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Orbital Transportation,
Nuclear Fission Power
Nuclear Propulsion Development

We're going to go build a nuclear thermal rocket with private sector money, something the government has not been able to do for 60 years. Think SpaceX for moving cargo around the solar system.

Dark Fission Space Systems Dark Fission Space Systems
Epic Aerospace Chimera Space Tug Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Development, Launched

We are building a line of Orbit Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) to support all your space transportation needs. From LEO, to GEO and beyond, we unlock the ability to get to any orbit from common rideshare launches.

Epic Aerospace Epic Aerospace
EsferAtros Cargo Transport Service Space Tug In-Space Transportation Early stage

Operates micro-satellites to provide in-orbit transportation, customer payloads operation, and access to earth observation technology as a service.

EsferAtros
Eta Space Propellant Refuel Station Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Propellant Development

Eta Space is developing propellant depots for orbital and lunar polar locations, with sizing for a variety of mission architectures. 

Eta Space Eta Space
ExLabs (Exploration Laboratories) In-Space Transportation,
ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Space Mining,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Asteroids Development

We specialize in the development of advanced large-scale space vehicles and technologies, leveraging the latest innovations to tackle the challenges of space debris mitigation, object capture and control, deep space exploration, and resource acquisition.

ExLabs ExLabs (Exploration Laboratories)
Exodus Space Systems Carousel Spacelab Active Debris Removal,
Microgravity & ISS Flight Service,
Science
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Science
In-Space Transportation,
Automated Microgravity Laboratory
Early stage, ?

We developed the Deployable Toroid Array (DeTA) from start to Carousel Spacelab.

Exodus Space Systems
Exolaunch Reliant Cargo Transport Service Space Tug In-Space Transportation Development

Developing a line of eco-friendly space tugs called Reliant, designed to clean up debris after sending satellites to custom orbits.

Exolaunch Exolaunch
Exos Aerospace Space Tug Cargo Transport Service Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation Dormant

EXOS is a leading developer and operator of reusable space vehicles.

Exos Aerospace Exos Aerospace
Exotrail SpaceVan,
spacedrop
Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics,
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Demonstrated

Space**van **on-orbit transfer vehicle.

Exotrail Exotrail
Firefly Aerospace Elytra,
SUV (Space Utility Vehicle)
Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Orbital Transportation
Transport Service (In-Space) Development

Firefly is developing Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) space tug.

Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace
Future Space Industries KLNR-LEO Active Debris Removal,
Space Tug
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
In-Space Transportation Dormant

Currently under development, the KLNR-LEO project aims to provide reliable, fast and low cost cleaning services of the space debris currently polluting LEO.

Future Space Industries
Galactiv Active Space Servicer Cargo Transport Service,
On-Orbit Servicing
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Space Robotics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Early stage

Galactiv is an in-space services company with the primary mission of ensuring that humanity maintains a sustainable long-term presence in outer space. In the near-term, we will be addressing the pollution created by the American commercial satellite industry by providing emergency servicing and salvage operations to current satellite operators.

Galactiv
Gama Space Cargo Transport Service Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Development, Launched

Gama enables new futures. Thanks to cheap, reliable and scalable solar sails, we are redefining deep space access.

Gama Space Gama Space
Gateway Galactic Antaios Propellant Refuel Station Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
Refilling Station Dormant

The Antaios platform is a refueling depot being developed by Gateway Galactic, Inc. for orbital applications.

Gateway Galactic
GeoJump Cargo Transport Service Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
In-Space Transportation Dormant

Opening GEO and exotic orbits to smallsats through rideshare: In the same way that low Earth orbit has been revolutionized, GeoJump will provide affordable access to the most valuable Earth orbits.

GeoJump
GEORING (GEO Ring) Hermes On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing - Concept

Initiator of a system for On-Orbit Servicing Named HERMES, aiming to kick-start the On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) industry in Europe.

GEORING GEORING (GEO Ring)
Glycan Space (Group) Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization
In-Space Transportation Concept

Space debris detection and removal.

Glycan Space (Group)
Growbotics Space On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing,
Reusable Satellite,
Space Robotics
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Reusable
Early stage

Growbotics is a company dedicated to developing the tools, components, and processes necessary for a circular space economy.  Satellites are currently single use by design; Growbotics aims to disrupt the traditional approach to space manufacturing and is leading the way by developing technology to re-use components on orbit, thereby reducing waste and promoting a circular economy.  

Growbotics Space
Gryphon Technologies (ManTech) In-Space Transportation Nuclear Fission Power,
Orbital Transportation,
Resources - Energy,
Hardware,
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Nuclear Propulsion,
Nuclear Power,
Transport Service (In-Space)
Development

Gryphon Technologies Wins $14M DARPA Task Order to Support Demonstration and Development of the High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System.

Gryphon Technologies (ManTech)
Hybrogines Hyscab In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Early stage

Provide an advanced orbital transfer vehicle for small satellites powered with performant and flexible hybrid-propellant rocket engines.

Hybrogines
Impulse Space Propulsion Mira,
LEO Express
Space Tug,
Commercial Lander
Space Tug,
Commercial Lander,
Commercial Mars Lander
In-Space Transportation Demonstrated

Space is more accessible than ever, but efficiently moving payloads into higher energy orbits remains a challenge. At Impulse Space Propulsion we're changing that by providing agile, economical capabilities to access any orbit.

Impulse Space Impulse Space Propulsion
Infinite Orbits OrbitGuard On-Orbit Servicing,
Miscellaneous
On-Orbit Servicing,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA),
In-Orbit Inspection
In-Space Satellite Servicing Development, Launched

​OrbitGuard is an autonomous navigation system capable of both far and near range navigation for satellite Rendezvous and Docking. It can handle SSA and Inspection Missions.

Infinite Orbits Infinite Orbits
InspeCity VEDA (Vehicle for life-Extension and Deorbiting Activities),
RIG (Robotic Insert for satellite Guidance)
In-Space Transportation,
Commercial Space Station
On-Orbit Servicing,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Commercial Space Station,
Satellite Life Extension
- Development

Meet VEDA (Vehicle for life-Extension and Deorbiting Activities) and its mini-me RIG (Robotic Insert for satellite Guidance)

InspeCity InspeCity
Ironstar Engineering (PRISM) PRISM Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR) In-Space Transportation Early stage

A method and apparatus for removing orbital space debris from near Earth orbit using the Solar Wind: Platform for Redirecting and Removing Inert Space Material. (PRRISM).

Ironstar Engineering (PRISM)
Kall Morris Inc (KMI) REACCH Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization
In-Space Transportation Development

Aims to be the first company with a commercially viable product for collecting debris in orbit.

Kall Morris Kall Morris Inc (KMI)
Kurs Orbital ARCap Module On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
In-Orbit Inspection,
Space Tug,
Hardware,
Docking
In-Space Transportation Development

A Ukrainian startup is building an in-orbit servicing vehicle using space docking technology developed decades ago by the former Soviet Union.

Kurs Orbital Kurs Orbital
Launcher (Vast) Orbiter Space Tug Space Tug,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
In-Space Transportation Active, Discontinued, ?

Launcher develops the world’s most efficient rockets and transfer vehicles to deliver small satellites to orbit by combining liquid propulsion technology and onsite 3D manufacturing.

Launcher Launcher (Vast)
Liftero (Progesja Space) Motus In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation
Transport Service (In-Space) Development

Liftero offers a suite of products and services for transporting assets from point A to B anywhere in space using reusable space tugs.

Liftero Liftero (Progesja Space)
Lunar Ascent Cargo Transport Service,
Communications Relay,
Space Tug
Space Tug,
In-Space Communications Relay,
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Moon Early stage

Australia’s First Mission to the Moon. A Space Machines Company Initiative.

Lunar Ascent
Lunasa Space (Lúnasa Space) VIA Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Orbital Transportation,
Hardware,
Software
Reusable,
Transport Service (In-Space)
Development, Concept

First product is an AI-based vision navigation system which enables the execution of several complex space missions from satellite refuelling and active debris removal to cargo transportation to space stations and deep space planetary exploration.

Lunasa Space Lunasa Space (Lúnasa Space)
Magdrive Automated Deorbiting-Block system (PAD-B) Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Resources - Space Debris Utilization,
Hardware
In-Space Transportation Concept

A mothership will carry many of these ~1 kg nano-spacecraft, which can be fired at debris from afar. These will attach and work together to autonomously bring the debris into the atmosphere to dispose of it.

Magdrive
MaiaSpace Colibri In-Space Transportation,
Space Tug
Space Tug Transport Service (In-Space) Development

Colibri is a small rocket stage coming atop the rocket, enhancing launch services provided by MaiaSpace : performance boost, spacecrafts dispatch in orbit, on-orbit servicing…

MaiaSpace MaiaSpace
Martian Sky Industries (MSI) DEORBIT Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Assembly,
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Satellite Servicing
Development

The Decluttering of Earth Orbit to Repurpose for Bespoke Innovative Technologies (DEORBIT) system enables increased transportation and manipulation of materials in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).

Martian Sky Industries (MSI)
Maxar (SSL) SpiderFab,
OSAM-1,
SAMPLR
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Manufacturing
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Assembly,
Robotic Arm
In-Space Satellite Servicing Development, Cancelled

Maxar was building the spacecraft bus and robotic arms for NASA’s OSAM-1 program, which will refuel and relocate a satellite on-orbit.

Maxar Maxar (SSL)
MDA Canadaarm3 On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing,
Space Robotics,
Commercial Rover,
Resources - Energy
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
Nuclear Power
Development

First, we’re developing a commercial line of customizable space robotics systems. Next, we’ll build the world’s first control centre for commercial space robotic operations.

MDA MDA
Momentus Space Vigoride Space Tug Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Active

Momentus intends to use a multi-pronged approach to become a provider of three critical functions in the new space economy: Space Transportation, Satellite as a Service, and In-Orbit Servicing.

Momentus Momentus Space
Moog Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV),
SL-OMV
Space Tug Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Development

The Moog Small Launch Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (SL-OMV) is a propulsive tug for secondary payload deployment focused on Venture Class Launch Vehicles (VCLV).

Moog Moog
MOONPORT Moon On-Orbit Nexus Providing Orbital Rendezvous and Transportation (MOONPORT) Cargo Transport Service Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Moon Concept

MOONPORT envisions cost-effective transportation to the Moon and back. Building on top of a flourishing satellite COTS market, MOONPORT through multiple vehicles aims to be able to bring customers in dedicated orbits around the Earth and in lunar orbits with return capability.

Northrop Grumman (SpaceLogistics) Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) On-Orbit Servicing On-Orbit Servicing In-Space Satellite Servicing Active

SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, provides cooperative space logistics and in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using its fleet of commercial servicing vehicles—the Mission Extension Vehicle, the Mission Robotic Vehicle and the Mission Extension Pods.

Northrop Grumman (SpaceLogistics) Northrop Grumman (SpaceLogistics)
Orbit Fab Fuel Shuttle Propellant Refuel Station,
Space Utilities,
Raw Resources & Utilities
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Refilling Station Development, Launched

We are building the in-space propellant supply chain - gas stations in space. Our ubiquitous supply of spacecraft propellant in LEO, GEO, and cis-lunar space shifts the paradigm of satellite design towards reusability, improves existing space business models like communications and Earth observation, and opens new industries like space tourism, manufacturing, and mining. 

Orbit Fab Orbit Fab
OrbitAID Standard Interface Docking and Refueling Port (SIDRP) In-Space Transportation,
On-Orbit Servicing
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
Refilling Station,
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
On-Orbit Servicing
Early stage

OrbitAID seeks to be first India's indigenous company in the emerging field of On-orbit servicing (OOS).  OrbitAID is developing in-orbit refueling for satellite life extension and plans to build a Fuel Station in Space.

OrbitAID
Orbital Paradigm Microgravity & ISS Flight Service,
In-Space Transportation
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Reusable Satellite,
Commercial Space Station,
Robotic Space Station,
In-Space Platform,
Persistent Platform
Automated Microgravity Laboratory,
Reusable
Development

We design, develop, make, and operate a large in-space robotic persistent platform. Reusable transportation for the future in-space industry.

Orbital Paradigm
Orbital Recovery Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (OLEV) In-Space Transportation,
On-Orbit Servicing
Satellite Life Extension,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
On-Orbit Servicing
Dormant

The world's first commercial satellite servicing system. The technical team was based in Europe with Dutch Space, then Swedish Space as the prime contractor. Developed the technical baseline, developed the mission requirements document, and set the cost baseline for commercial viability.

Orbital Recovery
Orbital.Express Satko Space Tug,
Active Debris Removal,
On-Orbit Servicing
Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
In-Space Transportation Development

Our goal is to democratize space logistics from in-orbit satellite services to interplanetary missions for sustainable space exploration that enables new markets In-Space Economy sector.

Orbital.Express Orbital.Express
OrbitGuardians Active Debris Removal,
In-Space Transportation
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
In-Orbit Inspection,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
In-Space Transportation,
In-Orbit Inspection
Early stage

We have drastically reduced the cost to clean up space debris!

OrbitGuardians OrbitGuardians
Orbotic Systems In-Space Transportation,
Active Debris Removal
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Space Robotics
- Early stage

Orbot (Orbiting Robot) and De-orbit Drag Device

Orbotic Systems
Paladin Space Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR) Reusable Early stage

Developing reusable satellites that collect and eliminate space debris, increasing the safety of astronauts and mitigating costly damage to space infrastructure.

Paladin Space
Parabilis Space Technologies Space Tug Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation Concept

Design a robust transfer vehicle to propel small payloads into translunar trajectories.

Parabilis Space Technologies
Plasmos Space Truck In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Manufacturing,
In-Space Assembly,
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation,
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing),
Space Capsule
Cancelled, Development

Plasmos is building a reusable third stage tug to address the problem of last-mile delivery in space.

Plasmos Plasmos
porkchop In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Cancelled

porkchop is a Swedish startup designing and developing reusable in-space logistics vehicles. Our aim is to establish an interplanetary economy within the solar system.

porkchop porkchop
Prometheus Space Technologies Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Space Robotics
In-Space Transportation Early stage, ?

Active Debris Removal, Space Robotics, Satellites structure.

Prometheus Space Technologies
Quantum Space Ranger In-Space Transportation,
Space Utilities
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
In-Space Communications Relay,
In-Space Manufacturing,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Orbit Inspection,
Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing,
In-Space Logistics,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Moon Development

Payload transportation and critical infrastructure services in geostationary orbit (GEO) and cislunar space. The company’s QuantumNet deep space network infrastructure is purpose-built to enable the delivery of payloads and essential in-space data and communications services for customers.

Quantum Space Quantum Space
RFA (Rocket Factory Augsburg) Redshift In-Space Transportation Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Transport Service (In-Space) Development RFA RFA (Rocket Factory Augsburg)
Rocket Lab Photon In-Space Transportation,
Space Tug
Space Tug Transport Service (In-Space) Demonstrated

Rocket Lab’s Photon small spacecraft is based on the heritage Electron launch vehicle Kick Stage, leveraging numerous components that have significant flight heritage, including the Curie engine, an in-house designed and developed in-space propulsion system.

Rocket Lab Rocket Lab
Rogue Space Systems Orbots On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Transportation
Space Robotics,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Orbital Transportation
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Orbit Inspection,
In-Space Transportation
Development, Launched

Rogue designs satellite vehicles and subsystems to provide on-orbit services to satellite operators both now and well into the future.

Rogue Space Systems Rogue Space Systems
Rubicon Active Debris Removal Active Debris Removal (ADR) In-Space Transportation Concept

While Rubicon® is not currently in the business of space debris removal, we see this as the next frontier for us to tackle, and we are actively beginning the process to figure out how we can help clean up the galaxy.

Rubicon
SAB Launch Services IOSHEXA Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
On-Orbit Servicing,
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Development

SAB is working to a project called IOSHEXA (In Orbit Servicing HEXA). The aim of this space tug is to release small satellites on SSO, LEO, and even beyond Earth orbits.

SAB Launch Services SAB Launch Services
Scout Aerospace AstroLab Active Debris Removal,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Space Tug
Space Tug,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Cycler
Early stage

Development of a semi-autonomous OTVs for active debris removal and satellite servicing.

Scout Aerospace
Skycorp Orbital Logistics Vehicle (OLV) Space Tug,
In-Space Manufacturing
In-Space Manufacturing,
In-Space Assembly,
Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Lunar Electric Grid
Large Space Structures,
Reusable,
In-Space Transportation,
Moon
Development

Skycorp's mission is to fundamentally transform the spacecraft industry, utilizing orbital assembly process, electric propulsion, and modular construction, to create applications unthinkable before.

Skycorp Skycorp
Skyrora Space Tug In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space)
Development

Space tug is based on the upper stage of the Skyrora XL vehicle, with adaptations that will allow it the technology to survive in a space environment.

Skyrora Skyrora
SmallSpark Space Systems In-Space Transportation Space Tug - Concept

Accelerating Mission and Spacecraft Development through Misson Driven Design Automation

SmallSpark Space Systems
SmalSspark Space Systems S4-SLV In-Space Transportation Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Orbital Transportation
In-Space Transportation Concept

Book a ride on the UK's first reusable cislunar payload transport bus. The S4-SLV will be providing transportation within cislunar space from 2024.

Smallspark Space Systems SmalSspark Space Systems
Space Castle Solutions Modular Transport System (MTS) In-Space Transportation Space Tug,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Transport Service (In-Space) Concept

Space Castle Solutions (SCS) is developing the next evolution in space cargo transportation focusing on reusability, modularity, and flexibility for ‘plug-and-play’ mission configuring for Suborbital, Orbital, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Space Castle Solutions
Space Kinetic Longbow Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics,
Mass Driver
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Early stage

We’re building a platform that can electro-mechanically accelerate and propel various payloads without firing a thruster, enabling Space Kinetic to move things through space without directly using consumable propellant. 

Space Kinetic
Space Machines Company OT-S,
Optimus-1
Space Tug Space Tug,
In-Space Manufacturing,
In-Space Logistics,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
In-Space Mobility,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
In-Space Assembly
Large Space Structures,
Additive Manufacturing (3D printing),
Space Construction Company
Development

We're building a next generation fleet of in-space infrastructure servicing vehicles. Inspection, repair and upgrade your on-orbit infrastructure.

Space Machines Company Space Machines Company
SpaceDrone Smart Drone Space Tug Space Tug,
Orbital Transportation,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Robotic Arm
In-Space Transportation,
On-Orbit Servicing
Early stage

SpaceDrone is developing the Smart Drone vehicle, an innovative and modular platform.

SpaceDrone SpaceDrone
Spaceflight (firefly) SHERPA Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Cancelled, Acquired, Active, ?

Family of Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles.

Spaceflight Spaceflight (firefly)
Spaceium Propellant Refuel Station,
In-Space Transportation
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station
Propellant,
Refilling Station
Development

Spaceium is building service stations along the space superhighway. The service stations are modular to provide services from refueling, transferring energy, storing and exchanging hardware, and going to be part of trash debris solution.

Spaceium Spaceium
SpaceRyde Black Bay In-Space Transportation,
Propellant Refuel Station
Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Orbital Transportation,
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Reusable Satellite
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
In-Space Transportation,
Refilling Station
Dormant, Bankrupt

SpaceRyde is building a network of rockets to provide on-demand cargo transportation in space.

SpaceRyde SpaceRyde
SpaceTug (Hyoristic Innovations) In-Space Transportation,
Space Tug
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics,
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Transport Service (In-Space),
In-Space Transportation
Early stage

Hyoristic Innovations (HI) works on a Mission to reduce the Space Debris with Active Debris Removal and Mitigation Techniques for a sustainable and collision free space.

SpaceTug (Hyoristic Innovations)
SR Space (Success Rockets) STRANNIK-1,
STRANNIK-2
Space Tug Space Tug,
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Moon Cancelled

The lineup of Success Rockets space tugs is intended to remove small satellites form the reference orbit to the highest orbits, and implementation of scientific missions to the deep space and other planets.

SR Space (Success Rockets)
Starfish Space Otter Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Active Debris Removal
Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Satellite Life Extension,
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Hardware
In-Space Transportation,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Satellite Servicing
Development, Launched

Starfish Space is giving life to on-orbit services! Our Otter Space Tug maximizes satellite capability through satellite servicing missions like life extension and debris removal.

Starfish Space Starfish Space
Stellar Space Industries ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining,
Propellant Refuel Station
Resources - Oxygen,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Hardware,
Propellant Refilling
Oxygen,
Propellant
Concept

Use oxygen that is collected and processed from low earth orbit (LEO) as a propellant in space.

Stellar Space Industries
Thales Alenia Space Start,
Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV),
IMAGIN-e
Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
In-Space Transportation,
Propellant Refuel Station
Space Tug,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Propellant Refilling,
Propellant Refuel Station,
In-Orbit Computing
On-Orbit Servicing,
Edge Computing
Development

Thales Alenia Space is developing Start, a fleet of in-orbit service vehicles.

Thales Alenia Thales Alenia Space
ThermaSat (Howe Industries) ROAMER In-Space Transportation On-Orbit Servicing,
Hardware,
Orbital Transportation,
Robotic Arm,
In-Space Assembly
In-Space Transportation Early stage

ThermaSat is an in-space mobility and OSAM provider bringing an age-old method of locomotion to space steam.

Howe Industries (ThermaSat) ThermaSat (Howe Industries)
TransAstra (Trans Astronautics Corporation) Worker Bee,
Sutter Space Telescope
Space Tug,
Propellant Refuel Station,
ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining,
In-Space Manufacturing,
Raw Resources & Utilities
Space Tug,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA),
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Space Mining,
In-Space Manufacturing,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
Propellant Refilling,
Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Refilling Station,
Mining,
In-Space Transportation
Development

TransAstra is developing game-changing technologies in the areas of orbital logistics and space resources to enable massive growth to existing and entirely new space industries.

TransAstra TransAstra (Trans Astronautics Corporation)
Turion Space Droid Active Debris Removal,
On-Orbit Servicing,
Miscellaneous
Active Debris Removal (ADR),
On-Orbit Servicing,
Resources - Asteroid Mining,
Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
In-Space Satellite Servicing,
Asteroids
Development, Launched

Building spacecraft for space situational awareness and in space logistics.

Turion Space Turion Space
UARX LOLA,
LUCAS,
OSSIE
Commercial Lander,
Space Tug
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
Commercial Lunar Lander,
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
Moon Early stage, Development

We provide reliable in-space logistics, rideshare and dedicated launch services for Small Satellites, from LEO to the Moon and beyond.

UARX UARX
ULA (United Launch Alliance) ACES Commercial Lander,
Space Tug
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
Commercial Lunar Lander,
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator
Concept

ACES is a refuelable modular upper stage that can can be also used as propellant depot and land on the Moon.

ULA ULA (United Launch Alliance)
Valor Robotics (Zero-G Horizons Technologies) Spacecraft On-Orbit Advanced Refueling and Storage (SOARS) Propellant Refuel Station Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
- Dormant, Development

Zero-G Horizons Technologies (ZGHT), in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is developing a Spacecraft On-Orbit Advanced Refueling and Storage (SOARS) system.

Valor Robotics (Zero-G Horizons Technologies)
Way4Space SpaceCase In-Space Transportation Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Space Capsule Development Way4Space Way4Space
Xplore XCRAFT Space Tug,
In-Space Transportation
Space Tug,
In-Space Logistics,
Beyond-LEO Remote Sensing
In-Space Transportation,
Transport Service (In-Space),
Transport Service (LEO-GEO),
Solar Sail,
Edge Computing
Development, Concept, ?

The XCRAFT™ is a multi-mission spacecraft with all the subsystems necessary for missions between Venus and Ceres.

Xplore Xplore