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Last updated: 2024-03-03

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0-G Launch Parabolic Flight Service Early stage

We aim to launch a global network of specially-modified Boeing Space Jets™ to accelerate economical testing & development of technologies before they are launched to Space – first operator to provide both microgravity and air-launch services with the same vehicle.

0-G Launch
A-SpaX (Affordable Space Access) Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Workspaces
Development

Our reusable space facility provides an infrastructure for manufacturing and research in space! This to produce things for in orbit, but also for use on earth by bringing it back safely! 

A-SpaX (Affordable Space Access)
Above Space (Orbital Assembly) In-Space Manufacturing,
Commercial Space Station
Early stage

Orbital Assembly develops and operates gravity capable space stations on orbit, in cislunar space, and throughout the solar system enabling humanity to work, play, and thrive in the space ecosystem.

Above Space (Orbital Assembly)
AeroG Parabolic Flight Service Dormant

Following the Startup Weekend Space Edition in Toulouse in April 2019, we are exploring the needs of users to open zero-g flight to as many people as possible!

AeroG
Agile Space Industries Commercial Sample Return,
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Concept, Dormant

Launching a Fast Space Future through Lean Rocket Science. We 3D print thrusters and propulsion systems for space vehicles.

Agile Space Industries
Air Zero G (Novespace) Parabolic Flight Service Active

Air Zero G is a partnership involving Novespace, a CNES subsidiary, dedicated to scientific parabolic flights for 25 years, and Avico, French airline broker leader.

Air Zero G (Novespace)
Airbus Commercial Space Station Concept

Airbus is ready to take the next step towards the Space Station of the future: With the Airbus LOOP, a multi-purpose orbital module.

Airbus
Airbus ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Active

Bartolomeo enables the hosting of external payloads in low-Earth orbit, on-board the International Space Station ISS.

Airbus
Airbus Suborbital Space Tourism,
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)
Dormant

Suborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists.

Airbus
Alpha Space (Aegis Aerospace) ISS Utilization Service Active

Owns and operates MISSE, the only commercial external test facility in space.

Alpha Space (Aegis Aerospace)
Apsidal In-Space Manufacturing,
ISS Utilization Service
Development

Fabricating Photonics in Space! Developing a Universal Glass Optics Manufacturing Module capable of processing various types of complex glass in space from which fibers, magnetic fibers, super-continuum sources, capillary optics and adiabatic tapers can be drawn.

Apsidal
Arkisys Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
In-Space Assembly,
Robotic Space Station,
Persistent Platform
Development

Arkisys is building one of the first Business Platforms in Space for new Technology Hosting, Satellite Integration, Assembly and Resupply.

Arkisys
ASTRAX Zero Gravity Parabolic Flight Service Active

Zero-G flight provider.

ASTRAX Zero Gravity
ASTROLAB SAS Commercial Space Station,
Reusable Satellite,
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

ASTROLAB is developing the first robotic "Laboratory-Station" which will allow researchers to easily conduct experiments in microgravity.

ASTROLAB SAS
ATMOS Space Cargo Transport Service (Re-Entry),
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

We develop Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs), which function both as heat shields, protecting their precious cargo during re-entry into the atmosphere, and high-velocity parachutes.

ATMOS Space Cargo
Axiom Space Commercial Space Station,
Commercial ISS Module
Development

Axiom Space operates missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Axiom Space is also the builder and future owner and operator of Axiom Station, the successor to the ISS.

Axiom Space
Beings Systems Parabolic Flight Service Development

Affordable and Accurate Parabolic Testing Flights. 3 Weeks from Qualification to Flight Test.

Beings Systems
Bigelow Space Operations Commercial Space Station,
Surface Habitats
Dormant

Bigelow Space Operations, will handles sales, customer service and the operations of the commercial space stations that Bigelow Aerospace will manufacture.

Bigelow Space Operations
Bioreactor Express (Kayser Italia) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads,
ISS Utilization Service
Active

Bioreactor Express is a service which aims to establish an “express” way to perform scientific and/or technological experiments on board the ISS.

Bioreactor Express (Kayser Italia)
BlackStar Orbital Technologies Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Space Tug,
Reusable Satellite,
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage

SpaceDrone - the BlackStar Satellite represents the next generation of satellite bus architecture built around a reusable mini spaceplane.

BlackStar Orbital Technologies
Blue Origin Commercial Space Station Development

Blue Origin and Sierra Space have partnered to develop Orbital Reef, a commercially owned and operated space station to be built in low-Earth orbit.

Blue Origin
Boeing Human Spaceflight,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Human Landing System
Demonstrated

The Starliner is a next-generation space capsule that will take people to and from low-Earth orbit. Up to 7 people and reusable up to 10 missions.

Boeing
Budgie ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization),
In-Space Manufacturing,
Commercial Space Station
Concept

An early stage startup called Budgie's plan is to build a Space Factory on its own, with the first AM Module to launch within 3 years.

Commercial Cargo Spacelines Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant

A space cargo booking company based in Washington, plans regularly to lease an entire cargo bay on the shuttle for around $80 million, and then sublease it to customers such as satellite communications carriers.

Craig Technologies ISS Utilization Service Active

On-orbit external experimental facility hosted on the NanoRacks International Space Station External Platform (NREP).

Craig Technologies
Dawn Aerospace Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Suborbital Testbed
Development

Accessing space in a whole new way, the Dawn Mk-II Aurora is designed for multiple flights per day to 100 km and above.

Dawn Aerospace
DEHAS Limited Commercial Space Station Early stage

Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.

Deimos One Suborbital Space Tourism,
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)
Early stage

A 5 hour trip of luxury spaceflight where passengers will enjoy a comfortable, pleasant ride, soaring to a cruising altitude as high as 43 km (27 mi, 140,000 feet) above Earth without the need of a spacesuit.

Deimos One
Downmass Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Connecting our existence in space to our lives on Earth. Downmass is a NewSpace company dedicated to bringing all forms of mass back to earth (and beyond).

Downmass
DSTAR Communications In-Space Manufacturing,
ISS Utilization Service
Development

Create an external material processing platform on the International Space Station with autonomous, high throughput manufacturing capability.

ElevationSpace Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development

The Space Environment Utilization and Recovery Platform ELS-R is Japan's only service that can conduct research, development and manufacturing in space and recover materials back to Earth.

ElevationSpace
Exodus Space Systems Active Debris Removal (ADR),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Science
Early stage, ?

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

Exodus Space Systems
Exodus Star Commercial Space Station,
Space Mining
Concept

Exodus Star provides space habitats in low Earth orbit, this small 268ft diameter rotating space station will provide 1G and less of gravity enabling long term habitation without the negative effects of living in space.

Exodus Star
Exos Aerospace Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital) Development

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

Exos Aerospace
Firefly Biotech Microgravity Workspaces,
Microgravity Science,
ISS Utilization Service,
Medical Support
Early stage

Firefly Biotech specialises in advanced technology development, supplying cutting edge approaches that underpin space medicine. Tools and approaches to off-world research, healthcare and diagnostics.

Firefly Biotech
Foton (Photon) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Retired

Foton (or Photon) is the project name of two series of Russian science satellite and reentry vehicle programs.

Foton (Photon)
Frontier Space Technologies ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Research Payloads,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage

We provide customisable autonomous and miniaturised satellite laboratories for the capture of high-quality experimental data in space, as well as a low-cost, de-orbit solutions, allowing you to operate sustainably. 

Frontier Space Technologies
FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology)) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Reusable Satellite,
Recoverable Satellite,
Returnable Satellite
Development

Recoverable and returnable satellites called FSW developed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and launched since 1975. Generation 5 (FSW-5) is planned to be reusable and commercial applications.

FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology))
Future Space Architecture Commercial Space Station,
Commercial ISS Module
Concept

Future Space Architecture is a space architecture research and design Studio with particular competency in Human-Systems Integration and cross-disciplinary coordination.

Future Space Architecture
Galactic Harbour Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Commercial Space Station,
Propellant Refuel Station,
Propellant Refilling
Concept

The Galactic Harbour is the unification of Transportation and Enterprise, a transportation infrastructure delivering cargo to space; routinely and inexpensively

Galactic Harbour
Galactic Suite Design Commercial Space Station,
Commercial Lunar Lander
Dormant

The company develops concepts, design and interiors of habitats and vehicles.

Galactic Suite Design
Gateway Space Microgravity Flight Service (LEO) Dormant

Microgravity Science. Experiment Set-Ups and Kits on International Space Station, & Low-Earth Orbit for Kids K-12 including ThumbSats and Cubesats.

Gateway Space
Gateway Spaceport Commercial Space Station Concept

Gateway Spaceport was formed to build the first spaceport. Our plan includes developing a robust space construction industry, the first artificial gravity space station, and finally the Gateway.

Gateway Spaceport
Gravitics Commercial Space Station,
Commercial ISS Module
Development

Gravitics manufactures advanced space station modules and free-flyers that enable incredible possibilities in space.

Gravitics
Gravitilab (Raptor Aerospace) Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development

Gravitilab is transforming microgravity testing and space access,

Gravitilab (Raptor Aerospace)
gravityLab Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development

The spacecraft will be equipped with a motorized boom that can extend and retract a counterweight. By dynamically varying the length of the boom and the rotation rate, the company says it will be able to control the acceleration of gravity inside the spacecraft.

gravityLab
Hamon Industries Commercial Space Station Concept

Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.

Hudson Space Systems Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Dormant

Full-stack microgravity research and manufacturing solution. Frequent launches, bespoke payload integration, end-to-end logistics, and reasonable pricing.

Hudson Space Systems
IDDK Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads,
Space Laboratory Equipment
Development

We contribute to space utilization by developing bio-experiment platforms on satellites.

IDDK
In Orbit Aerospace Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Persistent Platform,
Robotic Space Station
Development

Orbital platforms hosting your factories and labs. Earth re-entry vehicles to safely return your products.

In Orbit Aerospace
Independence-X Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage

NewSpace Transportation Systems company provides ​Re-entry and Launch Services,

Independence-X
Infinity Space In-Space Manufacturing,
Orbital Transportation,
Space Tug,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage

We are an international Team who develop cutting-edge space exploration missions and propulsion technology. We are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration and focus on advancing mankind's understanding and utilisation of space.

Infinity Space
InspeCity 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
InterPlanetary Ventures Commercial Space Station Dormant, Concept

Goal is to create the terrestrial and space based infrastructure required to support humanity's permanent expansion into the bountiful reaches of our solar system.

InterPlanetary Ventures
Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology) Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Development

A Chinese startup is aiming to developing spacecraft capable of supplying China’s space station, with a first small demonstration launch set for 2022.

Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)
Intuitive Machines Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Cancelled

Intuitive Machines is completing its lunar program which will provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communications at lunar distance.

Intuitive Machines
Inversion Space Transport Service (Re-Entry),
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Reentry capsule to bring cargo from space back to Earth. Global Delivery of Supplies. Space Station Resupply and Return. Resource Return.

Inversion Space
ISS National Lab (CASIS, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) In-Space Manufacturing,
ISS Utilization Service
Active

Responsible for managing all non-NASA research, and all investigations would require the capacity to utilize microgravity for Earth benefits.

ISS National Lab (CASIS, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space)
JAMSS (Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation) Microgravity Research Payloads,
Microgravity Science,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Active JAMSS (Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation)
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Lunar Lander
Demonstrated

JAXA demonstrated a small re-entry capsule called HSRC to return payloads from the ISS.

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
KosmosOne Robotic Arm,
Hardware,
Commercial Space Station,
Robotic Space Station
Early stage

Development of a Fully Autonomous Space Laboratory.

KosmosOne
LaMont Aerospace Microgravity Research Payloads,
ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage

LaMont is a microgravity commerce creation company. The company was founded by former NASA engineers and Life Science researchers to ignite a market that has tremendous economic potential.

LaMont Aerospace
LEAP In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development

LEAP provides In-Space Manufacturing as a service for the production of advanced materials.

LEAP
Leviathan Space Industries Commercial Space Station Dormant, Concept

Goal is to build a permanent presence in outer space through a Space Station Network, that will facilitate travel to Mars and the other planets in the Solar system.

Leviathan Space Industries
Lide Space Parabolic Flight Service Demonstrated

LIDE is the first commercial provider of microgravity platforms on sailplane gliders for Science, Education and Fun.

Lide Space
Liftport Group In-Space Communications Relay,
Commercial Space Station,
Space Elevator
Early stage

Lunar Communications Platform (Oreades) – Relay between Earth and the Moon; observe the CisLunar environment for Total Space Domain Awareness..

Liftport Group
Luna Design and Innovation Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital) Dormant, Active

We believe that space is a research platform and help biotech and pharma companies plan research missions to space. Our goal is to advance health for humanity so people can lead full, healthy, and purposeful lives in space and on Earth.

Luna Design and Innovation
Lunexus Space In-Space Manufacturing,
Commercial Space Station
Early stage

Circularizing the Space Economy By Recycling Satellite Photovoltaics in Space

Lunexus Space
Magnitude.io ISS Utilization Service Active

ExoLab is an experiment platform that brings together classrooms and the International Space Station in a collaborative investigation of the effects of microgravity on living things.

Magnitude.io
Mainstream Engineering Corporation ISS Utilization Service Development

In-situ fabrication of spacecraft thermal protection systems (TPS).

Mainstream Engineering Corporation
Maritime Launch Services Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital) Development

Maritime Launch Services, headquartered in Nova Scotia, was founded in 2016 as Canada’s first commercial satellite launch company. Maritime Launch Services will place satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits using a medium class launch vehicle.

Maritime Launch Services
Maverick Space Systems Commercial Space Station Concept

Applied for NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations.

Maverick Space Systems
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Reusable Satellite,
Point-to-point,
Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Robotic Space Station
Cancelled, Acquired Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB)
MirCorp Commercial Space Station,
Space Entertainment,
Commercial Astronaut Services
Dormant

MirCorp was created by visionaries who understood that the time had arrived when the private sector was able to run manned space operations.

MirCorp
Nanoracks (Voyager Space) Commercial Space Station Development, Cancelled

Nanoracks commercial low-Earth orbit destination, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, is called “Starlab.”

Nanoracks (Voyager Space)
Nanoracks (Voyager Space) ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Commercial ISS Airlock,
Microgravity Research Payloads
Active

Core payload hardware is the NanoLab, a powerful box in the CubeSat form factor. After being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), Nanolabs can be used for everything from building plant-growth chambers, studying DNA and radiation exposure, biology and biotechnology testing, materials and physical sciences, and more.

Nanoracks (Voyager Space)
Nexus Aurora Commercial Space Station,
Surface Habitats,
In-Space Manufacturing,
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Concept

Initially brought together for the Mars Society City State Competition, we now collaborate around the globe to develop solutions to the hardest challenges of space while educating and connecting with one another.

Nexus Aurora
Northrop Grumman Commercial Space Station Development

Design for a modular, commercial destination in low-Earth orbit is built on decades of experience.

Northrop Grumman
Odyssey SpaceWorks Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Research Payloads
Demonstrated, Launched

R&D labs in space enabling observation and engineering of biological systems from Earth.

Odyssey SpaceWorks
Offworld Biotech (SImGravity) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Science,
Microgravity Research Payloads
Early stage

We provide Microgravity Research as a Service (MGRaaS).

Offworld Biotech (SImGravity)
Orbital Outpost X (Space Villages) Commercial Space Station,
In-Space Assembly,
Hardware
Development

Creating a Space Village in Low Earth Orbit for scientific exploration, low gravity manufacturing and more.

Orbital Outpost X (Space Villages)
Orbital Paradigm Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Reusable Satellite,
Commercial Space Station,
Robotic Space Station,
In-Space Platform,
Persistent Platform
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 Space Technologies Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development

We push microgravity research through space labs that are cost efficient and innovative.

Orbital Space Technologies
Orion Span Commercial Space Station Dormant, Development

World's First Luxury Space Hotel in orbit 200 miles above the Earth's surface launching in 2021.

Orion Span
PD Aerospace Suborbital Space Tourism,
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Parabolic Flight Service
Development

A completely reusable suborbital spacecraft that is distinctly different from conventional vertical launch rockets and the separate, multiple-engine airframe systems being developed overseas.

PD Aerospace
ProXopS (L2 Innovations, SEOPS) ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Research Payloads
Demonstrated

Faraday is a flexible platform to fly research inside the International Space Station (ISS) or other habitats.

ProXopS (L2 Innovations, SEOPS)
Pythom Commercial Lander,
Commercial Lunar Lander,
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Commercial Space Station
Early stage

Pythom is developing a space transportation system that is light, low-cost, and highly responsive.

Pythom
Radian Space Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Human Spaceflight,
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development

World’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane, delivering people and light cargo to low earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.

Radian Space
Radiant Space Systems Commercial Space Station,
Robotic Space Station
Early stage

At Radiant Space Systems, Inc., we are developing both manned and robotic space habitats to lower barriers to entry for performing science, manufacturing and tourism in space.

Radiant Space Systems
Raven Dynamics Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage

Developing innovative recovery and capsule systems for asset recovery from extreme altitude and atmospheric entry.

Raven Dynamics
Raven Space Systems In-Space Manufacturing,
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development

Our mission is to 3D print entire reentry capsules for high cadence and low-cost cargo return from space.

Raven Space Systems
Reaction Engines Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Concept

Skylon is a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane.

Reaction Engines
Reenter Space (Reentry Systems) Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
In-Space Manufacturing
Dormant, Early stage

Reenter is building the next generation of spacecraft that will be able to bring space-made products for billions down on Earth.

Reenter Space (Reentry Systems)
Relativity Space Surface Habitats,
Space Construction Company,
Commercial Space Station,
In-Space Manufacturing
Concept, Development

Relativity helping build on Mars by initially sending a small 3D-printer for “the first object manufactured on another planet by humanity.

Relativity Space
ReOrbital Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Our platform provides 1-10 days on orbit, autonomous control over your research environment, and the ability to iterate directly on the launchpad.

ReOrbital
ResearchSat Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads,
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)
Development

To enable researchers around the world to run their experiments in space with our customizable & affordable satellite infrastructures.

ResearchSat
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Concept, Development

We are focusing on low cost launch technology within an automotive manufacturing environment. 

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)
Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi) Commercial Space Station,
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development, Launched

Initiating an orbital space biology lab around 2025.

ROVIAL In-Space Assembly,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Space Solar Power
Development

High-power Solar Space Platforms. Catapulting space-based power generation to the magnitude of megawatts.

ROVIAL
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC) Commercial Space Station Development

Built in collaboration with Blue Origin, Sierra Space’s Orbital Reef team also includes aerospace giant Boeing and the contractors Redwire Space and Genesis Engineering.

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC) Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

The First-Ever Winged Commercial Spaceplane capable of gentle 1.5G runway landings, ideal for precious cargo, especially human passengers.

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)
Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC) Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Ghost re-entry systems. In the future re-entering objects from space will be as common as launching to space.

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)
Space Affairs Parabolic Flight Service,
Space Tourism Activities,
Space Tourism Support
Active

During our zeroG flights (or parabolic flights) you will make a deep friendship with different g-forces. min. 10 times in a row!

Space Affairs
Space Applications Services Robotic Space Station Concept

Our first application are 3D heart models to study the effects of the space environment and radiation on the heart.

Space Applications Services
Space Applications Services`(ICE Cubes) ISS Utilization Service,
Lunar Payload Delivery Service
Active, Development

ICE Cubes Service is a simple and cost-effective way for your experiment or technology to fly onboard the International Space Station.

Space Applications Services`(ICE Cubes)
Space BD In-Space Production,
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
ISS Utilization Service
Active

Space BD provides opportunities to perform experiments on the ISS using various facilities in- and outside the ISS, and support the planning and management of the whole launch campaign of the test object.

Space BD
Space Cargo Unlimited ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

REV1 is being designed to carry up to 1,000 kilograms of payload for several months in low Earth orbit, where it would dock with a Reusable Orbiting Service Module.

Space Cargo Unlimited
Space Cargo Unlimited (Space-CU, Space Biology Unlimited) In-Space Manufacturing,
ISS Utilization Service,
Space-Flown
Demonstrated

Space Cargo Unlimited shipped a crate of red wine to the International Space Station in 2019, and then returned it to Earth last year after a full 12 months aging aboard the station in near zero-G.

Space Cargo Unlimited (Space-CU, Space Biology Unlimited)
Space DOTS Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development

The first smartphone-sized satellites, for active on-orbit testing, in less than 200 g.

Space DOTS
Space Entertainment Enterprise Commercial ISS Module,
Space Entertainment
Development

Called SEE-1, the space station module would be “the world’s first content and entertainment studios and multipurpose arena in space.

Space Entertainment Enterprise
Space Forge Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
In-Space Manufacturing
Development

Microgravity as a service. Rapid, reliable and returnable vehicle to harness the space environment for your needs.

Space Forge
Space Industries Incorporated Commercial Space Station Dormant

Space Industries Incorporated was a company formed in the 1980s for the purpose of building a privately owned space station, which was to be called the Industrial Space Facility (ISF).

Space Island Group Commercial Space Station,
Space Tug,
Space Tourism Activities,
Space Solar Power
Dormant

Dedicated to the development of commerce, research, manufacturing and tourism in space.

Space Island Group
Space Islands (Hilton International) Commercial Space Station,
Space Tourism Activities
Dormant

Commercial space station project proposed by Hilton International in 1999 to be constructed from used space shuttle fuel tanks.

Space Pocket (Avaru Space) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
ISS Utilization Service
Demonstrated

Space Pocket is sending samples into Earth orbit for testing and for inspiration.

Space Pocket (Avaru Space)
Space Rider (ESA) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Space Rider aims to provide Europe with an affordable, independent, reusable end-to-end integrated space transportation system for routine access and return from low orbit.

Space Rider (ESA)
Space Tango ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Active

CubeLabs™ provide a standardized platform for iterative R&D on the International Space Station.

Space Tango
Space Tango ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage, ?

Plans to launch its own miniature, automated orbital research platform in about 2023 named ST-42,

Space Tango
Space Villages (Space Infrastructure Ventures) Commercial Space Station,
Robotic Space Station,
Persistent Platform
Development

Developing and operating a commercial LEO destination. We envision a robotic and crewed station able of growing with the market and provide a range of services to the upcoming LEO economy.

Space Villages (Space Infrastructure Ventures)
Space Walker Human Spaceflight,
Space Tourism Activities
Development

SPACE WALKER, Inc.(SW) is a new Japanese university start-up developing manned and unmanned suborbital spaceplanes.

Space Walker
SpaceBox Microgravity Flight Service (LEO) Development

CubeSat platform for life sciences in space.

SpaceBox
Spacehab Commercial Space Station,
Commercial ISS Module,
Space Entertainment
Cancelled

Spacehab owns and operates supply and research modules that are carried on NASA's space shuttles. Its modules also supply Russia's Mir space station with items ranging from food to clothing to technical equipment.

Spacehab announced a partnership with Energia to develop a commercial module called Enterprise for the station’s Russian segment. Enterprise never moved beyond the concept stage.

Spacehab, a Houston-based firm that builds laboratory modules for conducting research in orbit, in 2000 spun off a venture with the Russians called Space Media, which would use a new commercial module, Enterprise, that the company hopes to dock to the space station in order to “develop space-related media and edutainment [sic] opportunities.” The business plan may have been slightly ahead of its time, however. A year later Space Media was laying off staff, and is now biding its time before rushing to put the first studio in orbit.

Spacehab
SpaceLocker Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

Orbital Infrastructure As-a-Service. Space Stations for Satellites. We are building payload hosting solutions.

SpaceLocker
SpacePharma Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Science
Demonstrated, Active

Our mission is to leverage the miniaturized microgravity lab technology, enabling unprecedented possibilities to develop new drugs in Space.

SpacePharma
SpaceWorks Flight (Terminal Velocity) Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Launched, Demonstrated, Development

Recoverable RED-4U and RED-25 will offer payload compartments for safe return of space-based manufacturing, medical, and pharmaceutical products. NASA Phase III SBIR awarded in 2016.

SpaceWorks Flight (Terminal Velocity)
SpaceX Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant

DragonLab was planned as a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads to and from space.

SpaceX
Spartan Space Commercial Space Station Concept

Develop an inflatable LEO habitat concept called Orbital EUROHAB (O-HAB).

Spartan Space
STaARS (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems) Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads
Dormant

Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems, Inc. (STaARS) has established a rapid time to flight, high throughput, advanced biotechnology, biomedical and life science research program on the International Space Station.

STaARS (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems)
Starflight Dynamics Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Robotic Space Station,
Microgravity Research Payloads
Development

Foundational technologies for in-space industries. By harnessing the limitless potential of the "business park space", we are building the industrial infrastructures of tomorrow.

Starflight Dynamics
Starlab (Voyager Space, Airbus) Commercial Space Station Development

Starlab is planned to be the first continuously crewed, free-flying commercial space station.

Starlab (Voyager Space, Airbus)
Stoke Space Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development

STOKE delivers satellites directly to their final orbit using 100% reusable rockets. They’re low-cost, on-demand, and designed to fly daily.

Stoke Space
Synodic Space Labs (Synodic Space Settlement) Commercial Space Station Concept

We primarily focus on research, design, and development of a stellar space settlement system. It would be able to inhabit around 12500 people simultaneously.

Synodic Space Labs (Synodic Space Settlement)
Teledyne Brown Engineering ISS Utilization Service,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Hardware
Active

MUSES is Earth-observation platform that will be installed on the exterior of the International Space Station and support up to four remote sensing instruments, or other payloads, simultaneously.

Teledyne Brown Engineering
Telespazio UK Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Launch Service Brokerer
Active Telespazio UK
Thales Alenia Space In-Space Manufacturing,
Hardware,
Commercial Space Station
Demonstrated

Europe’s very first 3D printer in space launched in 2015. POP3D Portable On-Board Printer is a small 3D printer that requires very limited power and crew involvement to operate.

Thales Alenia Space
The Exploration Company Transport Service (Earth-LEO),
Transport Service (LEO-Moon),
In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Commercial Lander,
Commercial Lunar Lander
Development

The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates Nyx, a modular and reusable orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit.

The Exploration Company
The Fairchild Space Company Commercial Space Station,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Dormant, Cancelled

Planned to spent $150 million on its first ''leasecraft,'' to be launched by 1988. The platform, one of three planned, is seen as ''an industrial park in space, a place where people can make things or observe the earth. ''We will supply the heat, light and the communications - the real estate out there.''

ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital) Commercial Space Station,
Space Construction Company,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
On-Orbit Servicing,
Space Tug
Development

ThinkOrbital delivers a large, scalable and cost-efficient space structure for the New Space economy. Our ThinkPlatforms are based on mature technologies available today, configured for single-launch, autonomous assembly in-orbit, re-imagining opportunities for satellite servicing, space debris processing, in-space manufacturing, on-orbit storage, refuelling, space tourism and research.

ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital)
Toucan Space Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
ISS Utilization Service
Active

Toucan Space is the first company in the world allowing people to send any object to space or the International Space Station.

Toucan Space
Vanguard Space Industries Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage, Dormant

VSI’s mission is to provide holistic microgravity solutions that are hassle free, reliable and accessible to our customers.

Vanguard Space Industries
Varda Space Industries In-Space Manufacturing,
In-Space Production,
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Demonstrated, Development

Space factories for Earth-bound products. Varda Space Industries is building the world's first commercial zero-gravity industrial park at scale. In the near-term, Varda is laser-focused on manufacturing things off Earth that are highly valued on Earth. Over the long-term, Varda can build the infrastructure needed to enable humanity to industrialize space.

Varda Space Industries
VAST Commercial Space Station,
Commercial Astronaut Services,
Space Tourism Activities
Development

Vast in developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system.

VAST
Vellon Space Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
Microgravity Research Payloads,
Commercial Space Station
Early stage

Vellon Space is a space technology startup, building "Vellon Space-Lab" a reusable unmanned orbiting space station for facilitating space experiments, manufacturing, technology demonstration, and explorations.

Vellon Space
Virgin Galactic Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital),
Suborbital Space Tourism,
Point-to-point
Active

We are the world’s first commercial spaceline, and our purpose is to connect people across the globe to the love, wonder and awe created by space travel.

Virgin Galactic
Voyager Space Miscellaneous Cancelled, Reorganized

Starlab is planned to be the first continuously crewed, free-flying commercial space station.

Voyager Space
Way4Space Transport Service (Re-Entry),
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite),
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development Way4Space
XCOR Aerospace Suborbital Space Tourism,
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)
Dormant

The Lynx was planned to be capable of carrying a pilot and a passenger or payload on sub-orbital spaceflights over 100 kilometres (62 mi).

XCOR Aerospace
Yuri Microgravity Flight Service (LEO),
ISS Utilization Service,
Hardware,
Microgravity Science
Active

Our mission is to engineer end-to-end solutions to provide biotech products formed in space. Yuri enables groundbreaking discoveries by making microgravity accessible.

Yuri
Zero Gravity Solutions In-Space Manufacturing,
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Dormant, Development

A zero gravity biotechnology company commercializing the unique capabilities of the ISS platform.

Zero Gravity Solutions